Spotted a very dark seal Fried Osterman Co. Type A-2 on ebay...

[Dany McDonald]

Hello,

Missing tag, with probably new knits (unusually very dark) and leather has it's issues. Small size at a good price.

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[mulceber]

Looks like a depot re-dye to me. Kind of a neat jacket, although, as you said, the shell has issues. Are you sure it's F-O though? It doesn't have the double-wide leather strip where the knits meet the zipper. Looks like a Rough Wear 18091 to me.

 

[Dany McDonald]

Yes I noticed the extra strip missing at the zip flap but everything else is there, goat, pocket shape, Square brass Talon M-39...

I think you are right, depot redye, we clearly see the demarcation inside the pocket.

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[Dany McDonald]

Oh, and just noticed that the shoulder seam is not centered under the epaulette, like a Fried should. The more I study the images the more I doubt my initial call.

 

[mulceber]

The x-box stitching on the epaulets looks a bit off for the F-O too.

 

[Dany McDonald]

What would be your call on that one?

 

[mulceber]

I’d still say RW 18091. That contract was made of goatskin too, the pockets match and the zipper is a near-match: M-39 chocolate bar, but nickel-plated. It could just be that the nickel plating mostly wore away from use.

 

[Dany McDonald]

The label stitch leftover is also wrong shape for Fried...

Yeah and the collar is spot on with RW 18091 in Eastman book... + details here & there matches RW. Good eye!

 

[mulceber]

Thanks! I got some experience looking at F-O details last year in the "Stump the VLJ thread," when I completely flubbed it and thought a Fried-Ostermann was an Aero 16160.

 

[Silver Surfer]

goat rw

 

[MikeyB-17]

Definitely a redye, going by the pocket interior. I reckon the zip is nickel too-not bright, but you can see the contrast with the brass showing through.