442RCT
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I'm a 'collector' of painted jackets and agree with what everyone says about 'authentic' period looking art, most of it was 'folk-art'. After saying this, my preference is still the currently 'professionally' rendered jacket art, e.g.- a Jerome painted jacket, especially for a pin-up girl, the closer to what Varga, Elvgren, or Petty did, the better.
I couldn't agree more, last week when I was wearing my CACW patched jacket, this guy in his mid 30's asked me what the patch was on the front of my jacket. I told him it was a reproduction of the Chinese-American-Composite-Wing patch in WW2 when they fought Japan. He looked at me and said, "The Chinese fought against Japan in WW2 ???, I didn't know that. " It was a teachable moment for me, dunno if did any good though. But I get a lot of that when I'm wearing a patched or painted jacket.
After all, most people who see artwork on a modern repro A-2, couldn't even tell you who attacked Pearl Harbor, nevermind the accuracy of a painting method.
I couldn't agree more, last week when I was wearing my CACW patched jacket, this guy in his mid 30's asked me what the patch was on the front of my jacket. I told him it was a reproduction of the Chinese-American-Composite-Wing patch in WW2 when they fought Japan. He looked at me and said, "The Chinese fought against Japan in WW2 ???, I didn't know that. " It was a teachable moment for me, dunno if did any good though. But I get a lot of that when I'm wearing a patched or painted jacket.