Help With ID of Jacket

[Tyler Virga]

Hello everyone,

I have been lurking on this forum for quite some time and I recently bought this leather jacket on eBay with very little info but I knew that it fit me and it has a nice style. When I got it in the mail I was upraised at how pliable and soft there leather was but the liner is a mess, no stamping, no tag, no markings except the zipper which says RUHR so I'm thinking the jacket is German? Any info about what this is and the age of it would be absolute amazing.

-Tyler V.

 

[Tyler Virga]

Here are two more additional photos.

-Tyler V.

 

[handymike]

What a great lookin' coat!
If it were American, I might be of some help. Congratulations! Hope some of our European members can tell us more info.
Welcome to the Lounge!
Nice start.

 

[Cooper A-2]

Nice coat, post war West German.
Ruhr zips with ball chains give it away.
Nice and well made vintage jacket.

 

[Tyler Virga]

Interesting thank you for your input. I've spent hours trying to research the jacket with no luck, cannot find a close button and zipper leather coast with a shearling shawl that is not double breasted. Also in my research I've encountered more 30's and some 40's jackets with ball and chain zippers than 50s, is there anything in particular to these zippers that stand out as postwar?

 

[Cooper A-2]

Interesting thank you for your input. I've spent hours trying to research the jacket with no luck, cannot find a close button and zipper leather coast with a shearling shawl that is not double breasted. Also in my research I've encountered more 30's and some 40's jackets with ball and chain zippers than 50s, is there anything in particular to these zippers that stand out as postwar?

Ruhr did not exist prior 1949 or at least did not manufacture zippers prior 49.

 

[Tyler Virga]

Ruhr did not exist prior 1949 or at least did not manufacture zippers prior 49.

Great! Thank you for your help, I could not find any history of Ruhr and I knew I was in the right place for helpful people.

 

[GHT]

Tyler, forgive me for the threadjack, I couldn't see the point of starting another thread.
I have just spent an enjoyable hour watching the history of the rise to fame of The Everly Brothers. For one brief moment we were shown some of the album covers of the many LP's that they made. One of the sleeve covers had a photo of, I think it was Don, wearing a jacket that, at first, didn't seem out of the ordinary, but when I looked it up on line, it appears to have no fastenings. I guess you put it on over your head. It made me wonder if this was sold as a design or whether it was bespoke.
Any ideas?

 

[Peacoat]

Starting another thread would have been appropriate.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Starting another thread would have been appropriate.

Yes, and there is another thread on leather shirts.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/taubers-of-california-horsehide-leather-shirt.83544/