My first original A2 private purchase jacket.

[HoseShop]

I had been watching this on eBay for a while, and decided to pull the trigger on it and thus introducing my first original A2 to my collection. This is not a government contract A2 but a private purchase one made by Windy City Sportswear. It’s made of front quarter horsehide and has the basic features common to contract issue A2s. It has a style of talon zipper common from the mid 1930s. It bears the ghost marks of a circular squadron patch on the left breast and the ghosting of an older shield style group patch on the right breast. All in all it’s a very nice example of a private purchase A2 and I’m pleased with it for the price I got it for.

 

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[B-Man2]

Nice looking jacket congrats on your first original .

 

[Silver Surfer]

nice find, and ya dun gud. watch out though, the collar police may have a comparison with elc.

 

[HoseShop]

nice find, and ya dun gud. watch out though, the collar police may have a comparison with elc.

I’m prepared for said police intervention

 

[mulceber]

Anyone here wanna take a stab at which contractor made that private purchase jacket?

 

[Pa12]

Anyone here wanna take a stab at which contractor made that private purchase jacket?

The collar looks a bit dubow to me but not the pocket flaps

 

[Silver Surfer]

"Windy City" is a alternative name for Chicago, so dubow which was located in Chicago is a good guess.

 

[Greg Gale]

Dubow is from Windy City, and I’ve seen that collar somewhere before

 

[Pa12]

If it was them, maybe they just simplified the pocket flaps for the commercial market. Easier to cut and sew straight lines.