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Lil troublemaker.Shearer said:
Still looking for a WAC uniform? I've got just the little ebay jkt for you. You'll be all the rage at Comic-Con.
BTW, gals did wear Ike jkts too
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Ever "Ike" a dress jacket?
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Still looking for a WAC uniform? I've got just the little ebay jkt for you. You'll be all the rage at Comic-Con.
BTW, gals did wear Ike jkts too
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shirt blouse jacket?
I've seen postwar european military shirts done up the same way as well.
I'm really not sure how it was worn. Maybe over a white T-shirt in the tropics or down south? Maybe over another shirt&tie as a very lightweight jacket?
It would look a lot nicer had it been converted from a shirt with epaulets & pleated pockets.
A much easier project that cuttign down heavy wool.
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I've seen postwar european military shirts done up the same way as well.
I'm really not sure how it was worn. Maybe over a white T-shirt in the tropics or down south? Maybe over another shirt&tie as a very lightweight jacket?
It would look a lot nicer had it been converted from a shirt with epaulets & pleated pockets.
A much easier project that cuttign down heavy wool.
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Amazing!MrBern said:
Now I have to get one.
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MrBern said:Lil troublemaker.
Still looking for a WAC uniform? I've got just the little ebay jkt for you. You'll be all the rage at Comic-Con.
BTW, gals did wear Ike jkts too
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French Flyers Jacket
A modern French flyers jacket
Alan
A modern French flyers jacket
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I have an interesting M-43 jacket, AAF used, 9thAAF badged, which has been Ike'd.
I like.
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I like.
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I just emailed the Marlow White folks...
A couple of years ago I found a source for WWII-era dark OD elastique in an appropriate weight. I will be interested to see what they might charge to make an ike and/or a Class A tunic up for me. I have all of the correct buttons.MrBern said:
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Bringing back a memory
This thread reminded me of my father's Ike jacket. He got it when he served in the Army during the Korean war. I used to wear it to elementary school. It had his SSgt stripes on it, an 8th Army (IIRC) insignia, but I don't recall what else. Wish I knew what happened to it...
Cheers,
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This thread reminded me of my father's Ike jacket. He got it when he served in the Army during the Korean war. I used to wear it to elementary school. It had his SSgt stripes on it, an 8th Army (IIRC) insignia, but I don't recall what else. Wish I knew what happened to it...
Cheers,
Tom
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Please post pix!
I've seen one reenactor who wore an original CutDownM43. But I havent found one yet.
`Til then heres a website w/ one documented as cutdown by a German seamstress after VE-Day.
FullDescription halfway down this page
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summer comfort
Actually, I've have a friend who wears a brit & belgium-made green denim battledress jkt most of the summer. He swears by it.
WhatPriceGlory sells this repro of the BritTropicalBattledress, but why oh why doesnt he ever put up NICE pix of his products?
khaki or junglegreen for $45
Actually, I've have a friend who wears a brit & belgium-made green denim battledress jkt most of the summer. He swears by it.
WhatPriceGlory sells this repro of the BritTropicalBattledress, but why oh why doesnt he ever put up NICE pix of his products?
khaki or junglegreen for $45
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The Green Denim BD is different from the tropical.
Denim("overall") is closer to the BD blouse pattern.
Pictures when I find the camera...
No breath-holding please.
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Denim("overall") is closer to the BD blouse pattern.
Pictures when I find the camera...
No breath-holding please.
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I don't think Jerry actually WANTS to sell people stuff, because then he might have to have more of it made, which he seems never to want to do.MrBern said:WhatPriceGlory sells this repro of the BritTropicalBattledress, but why oh why doesnt he ever put up NICE pix of his products?
khaki or junglegreen for $45
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Fletch said:
Why, oh why do all his shirts have what he terms 'a long body'?
The whole style of British BD (topical or otherwise) is to be short, worn with high waisted trousers or shorts. This shirt just doesn't look right IMO. WPG are not the only people who do this...
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I have a vintage green denimBD, (but made in Belgium). Its definitely not longbodied. Frankly, I'm not crazy about it or its waist buckle closure.
I'll try to get a pic of it soon.
BTW, is it true that some of the German Uboot crews wore these jackets from a captured storehouse?
-bern
I'll try to get a pic of it soon.
BTW, is it true that some of the German Uboot crews wore these jackets from a captured storehouse?
-bern
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Alan Eardley said:A modern French flyers jacket
Alan
Nice jkt. Would make a good pairing w/ bluejeans.
What era was this issued?
Whats the textile?
thanks
-bern
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today
Had lunch w/ some FL members. Bartender Feraud wanted to see the officer ensemble dressed down for streetwear. By sheer luck, the dark OD trousers purchased last January match the officer ike procured last week.
`57 khaki shirt. And a spare dark OD tie also picked up at Reading for a buck. Hat is a biltmore.
Had lunch w/ some FL members. Bartender Feraud wanted to see the officer ensemble dressed down for streetwear. By sheer luck, the dark OD trousers purchased last January match the officer ike procured last week.
`57 khaki shirt. And a spare dark OD tie also picked up at Reading for a buck. Hat is a biltmore.
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MrBern said:
Yes- captured British Denim BD- Dunquerque - changed buttons.
The Kreiegsmarine adopted their own, similar cotton uniform too.
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MrBern said:Please post pix!
I've seen one reenactor who wore an original CutDownM43. But I havent found one yet.
`Til then heres a website w/ one documented as cutdown by a German seamstress after VE-Day.
FullDescription halfway down this page
Yes, I'm acquainted with Mark- have corresponded with him in the past over Khaki and Screaming Eagles. I have been collecting militaria for many years.
That's a nice one, that Ike'd '43.
Do you have the Schiffer Airborne book, "Geronimo", Bern?
And the "Airborne Album",by John Andrews?
Some interesting non-regulation dress in there.
BTW Bern, what size are you for pants, shirts and jackets..?
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My Ike'd M-43.
Still no camera...
But I just had a look at my Ike'd M-43- just recovered from deep storage- now re-packed-down for our move in 2 weeks.
Anyway- it differs from Mark Bando's one in that it is not gathered into the waistband, it has been tailored at the back and sides, rather nicely, in order to give the snug, waisted shape. The waistband is around 2", a little narrower than your example and the waist closure is a single-buttoning extended bearer, rather than a buckle. I guess these were all tailored individually and probably immediately post-war, so a lot of latitude will be seen.
It's a late-war example, in excellent condition, badged and beautiful.
I may have to eBay it with the bunch of 9th AAF stuff it came with.
There is a beautiful 9th AAF Campaign scarf (screen-printed artwork and insignias, following their campaigns through the entire war)and a few patches- wish I could find my camera.
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Still no camera...
But I just had a look at my Ike'd M-43- just recovered from deep storage- now re-packed-down for our move in 2 weeks.
Anyway- it differs from Mark Bando's one in that it is not gathered into the waistband, it has been tailored at the back and sides, rather nicely, in order to give the snug, waisted shape. The waistband is around 2", a little narrower than your example and the waist closure is a single-buttoning extended bearer, rather than a buckle. I guess these were all tailored individually and probably immediately post-war, so a lot of latitude will be seen.
It's a late-war example, in excellent condition, badged and beautiful.
I may have to eBay it with the bunch of 9th AAF stuff it came with.
There is a beautiful 9th AAF Campaign scarf (screen-printed artwork and insignias, following their campaigns through the entire war)and a few patches- wish I could find my camera.
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