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Altho one assumes it was a contemporary civilian design. Latter-day leather makers don't design like this - too much tailoring for too little fashion.
Excelled G-8 circa 1958, for sale at USWings.com "front button-flapped cargo pockets with side-entry handwarmers, two interior "map" pockets, side adjustment straps, zippered sleeves with buttoned cuffs, large diamond-shaped elbow reinforcement patches, underarm gussets...and a silky 100% acetate lining"
The question is whether it's older than the '50s - ie, might it have been worn in the '30s, when it purports to be from?