French Aviator's coat-claimed to be WW1!!

[Roughwear]

There is just one picture of the coat and no provenance supplied so it could be 20s or 30s rather than WW1. What do others think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Great-War-French- ... 2eaa099dcd

 

[zoomer]

No idea, but he is a militaria dealer, so it gives him incentive to say it's wartime.

This may be how the Japanese bought up all the interwar US gear - before dealers were even willing to handle it.

 

[John Lever]

I just can't believe this jacket is 90 years old.

 

[LtGustl]

For me the jacket looks very similar to an ww2 u-boat jacket with the breast pocket and the two lower pockets.
Only the two button rows differ, and the collar too.

I do not know for sure, if bakelite buttons were used during ww1.

Would you were this coat in an Breguet AG4, an Albatros or Spad?