Show us your...jacket that you're excited about right now

[ninomano]

halo, I am newbie..this is my first jacket G1..is this authentic and issued for army? thank you very much

 

[mulceber]

Navy, but yes - from what little experience I have with G-1s, I’d say that’s an issued jacket.

 

[Flightengineer]

Navy, but yes - from what little experience I have with G-1s, I’d say that’s an issued jacket.

No, it's W&G repro from 90s with fake contact no.

 

[jeremiah]

That’s what I was about to say. Ha.

 

[mulceber]

No, it's W&G repro from 90s with fake contact no.

Ah, thanks for the correction. Shouldn't have spoken so confidently so early in the morning.

 

[ninomano]

No, it's W&G repro from 90s with fake contact no.

so the jacket is fake not from US?

 

[B-Man2]

so the jacket is fake not from US?

No ... the jacket is from the US but it’s not an original issued military (USN) jacket. It’s a jacket made for commercial sales . We in the US refer to it as a reproduction of an original military jacket .

 

[Flightengineer]

so the jacket is fake not from US?

Not fake but repro. Jacket from the US. But this jacket made not is not for government contract for the Navy.
This company made a lot of jackets for the Navy, but the jacket you have is made for the commercial market, not for the USN pilots.

 

[Nickb123]

It's certainly a woman's jacket, or an extra-extra small men's size. Interesting art. Definitely in the civilian realm.
Eta I see it's a 36 rather than a 30.

 

[Nickb123]

Still excited about this. Just waiting for it to cool down. And for Halloween!

 

[mulceber]

Get your aviator sunglasses ready!

 

[MikeyB-17]

so the jacket is fake not from US?

It’s a pretty reasonable reproduction with a lot of the features of an issued jacket-goatskin, Scovill zip (although the 55-J-14 contract would not have had one of those), and what looks like a proper mouton collar, by a company-or previous incarnation of it-which did have military contracts, so I wouldn’t be too despondent.

 

[ninomano]

No ... the jacket is from the US but it’s not an original issued military (USN) jacket. It’s a jacket made for commercial sales . We in the US refer to it as a reproduction of an original military jacket .

I see, thanks you very much for the information..

 

[Chris 55]

Ace's High.

 

[B-Man2]

Ace's High. View attachment 48673

That’s a keeper !
Hell I’d be excited about this one as well.

 

[mulceber]

That's a gorgeous one, Chris!

 

[ausreenactor]

Pretty special that one..