nice clean cable a-2 on greedbay

[Silver Surfer]

small size cable on greedbay that looks solid and clean. item# 165204076104

 

[Brettafett]

Saw that. And the pilot was apparently... a P-39 Spitfire pilot...

The 'Roughwear', also by same seller from the same estate, had some slight modification...

WW II Horsehide A2 Flight Jacket Rough Wear P39 Spitfire Pilot | eBay

WW II Horsehide A2 Flight Jacket. Issued to George A Zientowski. Small section of sleeve seam unsewn as shown. Lining has been replaced and has one small rip as shown. Cuffs were replaced. Small cut through leather on back as shown.

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[johnwayne]

Whoever replaced the lining did a crap job by the looks if it and ruined it by using collar studs through the top of the collar - that can’t really have been an error back in the day surely, albeit it looks like it could?

 

[Micawber]

small size cable on greedbay that looks solid and clean. item# 165204076104

Direct link to the Cable [by copy and pasting the url address]

WW II Horsehide A2 Flight Jacket Named Cable Raincoat Co. P39 Spitfire Pilot | eBay

Leather is in excellent shape with very little wear. Supple with no rot or holes. Lining is also in excellent shape with no holes, which is quite a rarity! Inspector’s stamp near collar as shown. Original knits have a few holes as shown.

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