Original M41 jacket

[Geeboo]

Apart from bespoke causal wear & repros, I also collect originals jkts.
Here is an original

M41 jkt

 

[ausreenactor]

Those patches look a little too clean, and overly low on the sleeve for a period original?

 

[Geeboo]

Tks for the reminder.

 

[johnwayne]

Yes exactly what I thought - jacket looks legit but patches look like they are new repro additions!

 

[dujardin]

just my opinion - it's sad to place a repro patch on an original jacket

i place a repro patch on a repro jacket - but never on an original

i repeat, just my opinion

those are my jacket

original one - with original patch and ranks


my repro jacket with repro patch

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Nice originals!

Yep - no repop stuff mixed with originals

Would like to own a CBI M41 anyway

 

[B-Man2]

If an original jacket didn’t come patched I would not put a patch on the jacket , even an original patch. In my opinion it takes an original artifact and changes the historical significance of the item. Just my opinion.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

You nailed it B-man2 ...

 

[dujardin]

completely agree with you Bman2

 

[Peter Graham]

You nailed it B-man2 ...

But in your post about the A-2 deck jacket with the submarine stencil you said that you were going to age a patch and sew it on the jacket !