Flash Badger
Well-Known Member
Hello all, I’m hoping some of you Irvin minded people might be able to help me. I’ve been asked to sell this “irvin” on behalf of a friend but it has a few wee issues that make me unsure of it’s origins.
1. The tag has been cut out along with the piece of sheepskin behind it. Strange move or is it a method that the RAF may have used to make the jacket Unserviceable?
2 there is no loops on the collar for the elastic to attach to.
3 the collar has a pinless buckle to close the throat latch rather than plain rings.
4. The Wind flap behind the zipper is a different hide from the body of the jacket there is also stitch holesdown the length of it suggesting it may have been originally fitted to trousers perhaps. Wartime shortages or post war recondition?
5 the arm zippers are not Lightning (the main zip is) or DOT however they do look old?
Whats your thoughts? It certainly feels and smells like originals I have owned before but I don’t want to pass on something that may not be as it seems?
1. The tag has been cut out along with the piece of sheepskin behind it. Strange move or is it a method that the RAF may have used to make the jacket Unserviceable?
2 there is no loops on the collar for the elastic to attach to.
3 the collar has a pinless buckle to close the throat latch rather than plain rings.
4. The Wind flap behind the zipper is a different hide from the body of the jacket there is also stitch holesdown the length of it suggesting it may have been originally fitted to trousers perhaps. Wartime shortages or post war recondition?
5 the arm zippers are not Lightning (the main zip is) or DOT however they do look old?
Whats your thoughts? It certainly feels and smells like originals I have owned before but I don’t want to pass on something that may not be as it seems?