Avirex M-421a flight jacket repro

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272166175653

This jacket was made in the USA by Avirex Ltd. based upon the 1940s M-421a cotton flight jacket. It has the distinctive diamond shaped reinforcements on the sleeves, belt back and patch pockets. The unbranded bell shaped zipper is a decent approximation of the original, which wouldn’t be fully reproduced for years after the production run of this jacket. The jacket is, like the original, unlined, with an inside pocket.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 20″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 21-1/2″

Length (base of collar to hem): 25-1/4″

1960s Ralph Edwards G-1 flight jacket

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401086952351

This vintage G-1 flight jacket was made in the early 1960s. It has a half-belt back with bi-swing shoulders, a Conmar zipper front, rust colored mouton collar and knit collar and cuffs.

Chest (pit to pit): 21-1/2″ (doubled = 43″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 18-1/2″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″

Length (base of collar to hem): 24-1/2″

LL Bean hunting jacket

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401043363268

This vintage hunting jacket was made for L.L. Bean Inc. of Freeport, Maine. It is made of canvas with a corduroy collar, Talon zip breast pocket and handwarmer and cargo pockets. The buttons have been swapped out by a previous owner for USN buttons.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 19″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″

Length (base of collar to hem): 27-1/2″

USN M-69 Aircraft Transport Coat

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401032519472

This vintage coat is a M-69 Aircraft Transport coat, made during WWII for the US Navy by Gordon & Ferguson. It is made of goatskin, in a double breasted, belted cut, with a mouton collar and full alpaca lining. The leather is in excellent supple condition save for a neat hole in the back of the coat and a single dry, cracking spot where the lapel meets the collar. Surely this damage on a coat which is in otherwise great shape has a story to tell.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 20″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 27″

Length (Base of collar to hem): 45-1/2″

M421a repro by Ralph Lauren

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401007308249
This jacket was made by Ralph Lauren, inspired by the WWII USN M-421a summer flight jacket. It is made of lightweight cotton twill, unlined, with a half-belt back, bi-swing shoulders, a bell shaped Talon zip, flapped patch pockets, the left of which has a pen slot, and an internal vertical snapped breast pocket.

Chest (pit to pit): 25-1/2″ (doubled = 51″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-3/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 26″

1940s N-1 Deck Jacket

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271915164703
This vintage jacket is an an N-1 deck jacket, manufactured for the US navy. It is the light shade of olive drab, which has been further faded through usage. It has an alpaca pile rounded collar and lining. The collar had a extension throat latch / chin strap. The main zipper is an early two-way tooth large gauge Crown, with riveted top stops. It has handwarmer pockets, internal storm cuffs, a drawstring waist, and a buttoned placket over the zip.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (base of collar to hem): 27″

1948 China Navy Souvenir jacket

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271900878870
This vintage jacket was made in the 1940s as a souvenir of a tour in China. It is a waist length wool jacket, with shirt style pockets and an extension tab waistband. The quality of the wool makes me think the jacket itself was Theatre made rather than a cut down uniform. It is embroidered with dragons on the insides of the cuffs, liberty cuff style, a junk and a rickshaw on the breast pockets, and a dragon on the back. The back reads, “Tsing Tao, Hong Kong, Shanghai, China, 1948”. The front of the jacket bears the original owner’s name, Don C. Yanders, who served aboard submarines during WWII and who was stationed in China in the immediate post-war years.

Chest (pit to pit): 19″ (doubled = 38″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 22″

WWII Alpaca Pile shawl collar coat

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400937333934
This vintage coat was made in the 1940s, and is an early USN deck coat. It takes its style from earlier sheepskin lined shawl collar box coats, but has an alpaca pile collar and lining, as well as a waterproof layer between the outer canvas and the inner lining. The pockets have leather reinforcements and there are leather loops instead of buttonholes, typical of this style.

Tagged size: 48
Chest (pit to pit): 26″ (doubled = 52″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/4″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 33″

WWII 10 button peacoat

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281692685967
This vintage coat was made in the 1940s for the US Navy by the Naval Clothing Factory. It is made of blue kersey wool. This is the WWII issue 10 button version, with anchor buttons and corduroy lined handwarmer pockets. It was issued to a K.J. Teceira.

Chest (pit to pit): 20″ (doubled = 40″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″

1950s Korean War Peacoat

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281692692413
This vintage peacoat was made in the 1950s for the United States Navy. It has a six button front, is made of Kersey wool, has fouled anchor buttons, corduroy lined pockets, and double lines of stitching on the sleeves.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 31″

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