The delivery guy just made my day, received a '61 Ralph Edwards in almost mint condition. It's the very rare 1961 7823B contract which was made in the same year with the 7823A series. It has a blackened CONMAR zipper and the single ply rib-rack waitstband. Leather is a very heavy/dark (almost black) chocolate brown and is quite heavy. The jacket was worn but very little from the looks of it no patches were ever attached to the jacket, no dry spots, knits are without moth holes, snags etc, zippertape 100% intact, buttons all present and accounted for, mouton is still fluffy with no fur loss or discoloration, lining is clean and intact and more brownish than the later olive green, label has faded a little but not too much to be still readable anyway.....
