Any opinions on this?

[ADC]

Looks NQR with me. Even seller covering his backside somewhat.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vtg-Original ... 1243836567

 

[Roughwear]

It's an original 1941 RW 18091 made from goatskin with replaced zipper and wristlets. It's hard to tell when the patches were sewn on the jacket i.e. during the War or at a much later stage to enhance the price of the jacket perhaps.

 

[ADC]

Seems like a neat package and ticks a lot of boxes but hard to take seriously given the complete lack of provenance. The uncertainty begins with the patches.

 

[a2jacketpatches]

Always suspicious of patches sewn over pre-existing holes ( name tag in this case ) but these look OK. I would look up the squadron and see if there's an example of this patch elsewhere.

 

[ADC]

If both jacket and patches are contempory, there is a big difference in appearance of the stitching. On the jacket, the stitching is worn and bedded in with well developed grime. Whilst stitching on the breast patch looks relatively fresh and clean in comparison. The photo of the arm patch is poor and difficult to form any opinion on it.

 

[a2jacketpatches]

Lt Bars look OK, Patches look OK, some of the stitching and minor repairs look fairly recent.

 

[ADC]

Looks like the same jacket from different seller. This time 3 times the price and consigned by a collector is the blurb. Mismatched knits are "original".

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1941-WW2-WWI ... 1761076506

 

[unclegrumpy]

The photos are not good enough in either listing for me to really judge the patches. That said, I get an uneasy feeling from them, because if you look closely...as closely as the pictures will allow you...they both look to be some sort of screen printing...likely far more modern than WW II.

To my eye, the squadron patch has best chance to be okay, but I would need much better pictures to tell....but even then it might be hard to overcome my doubts. I don't like the 14th AAF....it looks like a fake. It's placement is also incorrect....far too low on the sleeve.

There were regulations for the placement of shoulder patches, and because they were on all types of uniforms, they knew where they went. This is a big tip off that someone who doesn't know much put the jacket together....that combined with the cuffs and other repairs are a strong indicator that this is a dorked up creation....probably fine for fashion, but not as a piece of history.