50s Admirals G-1 on ebay

[M. from Berlin]

happy sunday gentlemen,
her is an interesting USN admirals jacket

1960’s-Cold War US Navy BuAer Leather G-1 Leather Flight Jacket, RADM Costello | eBay

On October 1, 1963 he was placed on the Naval Reserve Retired List, effective September 1, 1959.

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[Silver Surfer]

interesting that it has a "no name" spec nomenclature label, like the one that I have for sale.

 

[Pilot]

Ghost stiching holes…
IMHO tag stitching and stiching holes look to sloppy for an Admirals jacket…

 

[Erwin]

Ghost stiching holes…
IMHO tag stitching and stiching holes look to sloppy for an Admirals jacket…

Extra stitching holes can be after older patch with lower rank, not bad jacket, have seen recently more interesting pieces for sale with a similar price tag

 

[Pilot]

Extra stitching holes can be after older patch with lower rank, not bad jacket, have seen recently more interesting pieces for sale with a similar price tag

Sorry to disagree…
As an Admiral …he surely receives (d) a jacket with much better craftsmanship than this.
IHMO the jacket is legit.. the name plate is a later addition.. for a better sale… the tag rounded edges and the lousy ( two thread ) stitching plus the ghost stitching holes all over.. no go … especially for an Admiral…but again IMHO.

 

[M. from Berlin]

Ghost stiching holes…
IMHO tag stitching and stiching holes look to sloppy for an Admirals jacket…

or an bad field tailor ;-)

 

[Erwin]

Buying any jacket which belonged to a high ranked dude without a solid provenience of origin is always risky

 

[Pilot]

or an bad field tailor ;-)

An Admiral needing a field tailor? .
A bad and ignorant “crapbay tailor “ sounds much better.

 

[M. from Berlin]

An Admiral needing a field tailor? .
A bad and ignorant “crapbay tailor “ sounds much better.

There must be bad tailors too!

 

[Erwin]

There must be bad tailors too!

Tailor works on suits, please we should stop thinking about regular basic leather flight jackets like on some sophisticated tailored pieces....I believe that sewing machine operator should be more precise here. Really odd to see also a small paint stains on this name patch but who knows, maybe this admiral used this jacket off duty as well