Fraudulent A-2 Listing?

[Deleted member 16736]

I found this jacket on eBay. It purports to be a Roughwear 1401-p, but I actually believe it's an 18091 in goatskin that had a 1401-p label from another jacket re-sewn onto it. Be careful of such practices when buying used A-2 jackets.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190761514711

 

[aswatland]

Yes it is a RW 18091 with what appears to be Bronco style pockets added. This jacket could be a wartime depot partial rebuild. As you say the label is from the later 1401-P contract.

 

[Deleted member 16736]

Yes it is a RW 18091 with what appears to be Bronco style pockets added. This jacket could be a wartime depot partial rebuild. As you say the label is from the later 1401-P contract.

Good catch on the pockets. It's a real Frankenstein jacket. It isn't horsehide, though.

 

[Peacoat]

Woo Hoo, Joel is developing an eye. And then the Master weighed in. I'm impressed Joel.

 

[aswatland]

It's goatskin as were some Broncos and the pockets could easily have come from one such jacket.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

hmmm, not sure about fraudulent. There's no evidence of fraud here. Misidentified leather: yes, probably (hey, we can all make that mistake). Didn't mention that the zipper is not original to the jacket: yes. Fraud: no evidence that I can see.

 

[Deleted member 16736]

I didn't know if it was outright fraud, but it was mislabeled and the mislabeling would tend to inflate the value of the jacket which made me think maybe it was. Could be an honest mistake. Could be fraud. I pointed out the error to the seller. As always, caveat emptor.

 

[Deleted member 16736]

By the way, I'm a very good-looking woman.

 

[strokes1251]

Its ebay people tag things differently hoping to get the most "bang" for their buck.

 

[aswatland]

I can see no fraud here. Although the seller deals in a variety of WW2 militaria, one should not assume he knows much about A2s and that the jacket has the wrong label and pockets. The red rot on the leather plus the small size will deter bidding on it IMO.