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Nice jacket, for thirty dollars it is worth the money for sure. You know how many AAF HQ patch wings I could make out of that? Perfect shade of yellow, not too rich in color but a bit subdued and washed out in color value.
It's an Airborne rigger-made version made specially for the 517th PIR for their jump into the South of France........their lesser known jump in the mid-1980s. It was kind of a mopping-up operation and I gather the riggers put together some stonewashed denim jump suits too...