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Yeah, the most involvement I’ve seen by a Canadian company in U.S. contracting was the Werber G-1 contract, which had a zipper that was made in Canada, but the company that made it was still an American company. There’s probably other similar examples, including the Aussie A-2 clone which was...
Definitely a civilian jacket. Wise didn’t have any government A-2 contracts, and I don’t think they would have been eligible for them since they weren’t based in the U.S. (I think it’s true that the U.S. has a long-standing policy that defense contractors have to be American?)
Honestly, I mothball (dichlorobenzene, not napthalene) mine in big plastic tubs and duct tape the tubs shut to keep the mothball fumes in. When the weather starts to get cold, I air them out for a day in a well-ventilated area with a fan. Bonus: dichlorobenzene is an odor-eater (that's why they...