“A Better Fighting Garment…” 3.0 - The Guide to U.S. Navy Intermediate Leather Flight Jackets

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Star N383s-51863 Ex. No. 2:

 

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55J14 A. PRITZKER & SONS, INC. CONTRACT N383s-69537​

Contract Dates: contract dates unknown, but awarded sometime between 1949 and 1951
Comments on the leather or mouton: leather tanned such that it shows its base color as the leather ages
Liner: brown, frequently with a green cast that makes it seem more olive drab
Thread: dark brown
Zipper(s): blackened brass Conmar
Knits: muted brown single-ply rib-rack knits, unique in that the that, on this contract, the two different weaves take up a roughly equal portion of the knit.
General Comments:
Identifying/Distinguishing Details:

• bottom knits proportionally equal between rack and rib weave
• Pritzker details:
  • narrow back with front panels wrapping back to meet the back panel.
  • leather tanned such that it shows its base color as the leather ages
• Three-point pocket flaps, although some begin to resemble the rectangular pocket flaps that are seen on Pritzker’s 7823 contract, and that would become standard for Navy jackets.
• Liner frequently seems to be olive drab
• White/silver USN stencil, occasionally with periods in between.

Pritzker 55-J-14 Ex. No. 1:

 

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Pritzker 55-J-14 Ex. No. 2:

 

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Pritzker 55-J-14 Ex. No. 2, continued: