US army parkas

[Zigliss]

And an even more 'vanilla' 2nd pattern CWU 8/P in Medium and 1973.....with the model 'B' velcro hood set up I mentioned in an earlier post...

 

[Peacoat]

Very nice collection. I have no parkas to post, only flight jackets and field jackets--M-65 I think they are. Stuff that was issued to me.

 

[Zigliss]

Nevertheless would be great to see what you have... the fact that it was issued to you gives it a nice bit of provenance...I was too young and stupid to think about keeping the first combat jacket that was ever issued to me!

 

[chamboid]

Great lookin stuff. Never seen in internal pocket on the lining of the M-1948 before. How do you find them all in such mint condition?

I own 4 or so M-51's from my 'mod' days, not that I had a scooter. Do love them though. It's difficult to find a good size one for a small guy though, I'm 5ft7 so some of the 'smalls' swamp me.

I am on the market for a B-9 or B-11 parka ideally with alpaca lining in a 36 though if anyone has ones.

 

[bn1966]

Ok - so another - nothing too special other than the fact that I have a soft spot for N-2B parkas even though they drive me nuts with the short waist...

So this one is a fairly 'vanilla' 1981 issue except that someone has replaced the synthetic hood fur with genuine wolf fur from an earlier parka hood. Not that I am complaining....;-)

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I do like those late N-2Bs, I've a light weight lined '93 & it gets a lot of wear. Yours looks great with the wolf trim, I had a M-65 Parka re-trimmed in wolf & it turned out great.

 

[bn1966]

Great lookin stuff. Never seen in internal pocket on the lining of the M-1948 before. How do you find them all in such mint condition?

I own 4 or so M-51's from my 'mod' days, not that I had a scooter. Do love them though. It's difficult to find a good size one for a small guy though, I'm 5ft7 so some of the 'smalls' swamp me.

I am on the market for a B-9 or B-11 parka ideally with alpaca lining in a 36 though if anyone has ones.

I had an M-51 in my 'Mod' days (still have two scooters) & unfortunately painted 'King Kurt' on the back and then used it whilst doing oil changes (think it probably fell apart at some stage).
Currently own a nice M-65 with wolf trim for walking the dogs