AeroFan_07
I'll Lock Up
- Messages
- 5,727
- Location
- Iowa
Yesturday I was visiting a town an hour or so away and went into one of those cool "vintage" shops, you know the ones that only seem to have records, soda machines and maybe a mid '70's Graius leather jacket. Well that was not the case here.
They only had one leather jacket and it's the one photographed below. I am not even a realy "A2" fan and this one will never be able to be worn by me (like 20" pit to pit). But somehow I realized this is very old, this has a lot of history, it is not perfect, it is not a reproduction, and it needs to be documented as to what it is.
So what is it? It appears to have an A2 collar, however A1 style buttons (3 of which still appear to be original). The pockets are snap-down without any type of handwarmer addition. The collar snaps down. The lining has been removed. The knit cuff aong the bottom hem of the jacket appears newer than the sleeves cuffs and is a bit more reddish in color, suggesting at one time it was replaced. It has wear, a few small holes and patina to nearly match the rest of the jacket. There is a partial name-tag still left stating "P. J. AM..." There is blue thread still holding that portion of the name-tag in place. There are no inside tags.
Then I noticed I could see the inside of the snaps that hold the collar down, since the lning has been removed. These state: "RAUF. CO - PROV. R. I." So I take it this is the RAU Fastener Company in Providence, Rhode Island.
The lining to the button-reciever flap displays what may have been similar to the orignial "olive green" lining material. There is also a small scrap of this left on the inside around the bottom hem, and at the name badge loaction, at the Left-chest area.
More details on the next post...
They only had one leather jacket and it's the one photographed below. I am not even a realy "A2" fan and this one will never be able to be worn by me (like 20" pit to pit). But somehow I realized this is very old, this has a lot of history, it is not perfect, it is not a reproduction, and it needs to be documented as to what it is.
So what is it? It appears to have an A2 collar, however A1 style buttons (3 of which still appear to be original). The pockets are snap-down without any type of handwarmer addition. The collar snaps down. The lining has been removed. The knit cuff aong the bottom hem of the jacket appears newer than the sleeves cuffs and is a bit more reddish in color, suggesting at one time it was replaced. It has wear, a few small holes and patina to nearly match the rest of the jacket. There is a partial name-tag still left stating "P. J. AM..." There is blue thread still holding that portion of the name-tag in place. There are no inside tags.
Then I noticed I could see the inside of the snaps that hold the collar down, since the lning has been removed. These state: "RAUF. CO - PROV. R. I." So I take it this is the RAU Fastener Company in Providence, Rhode Island.
The lining to the button-reciever flap displays what may have been similar to the orignial "olive green" lining material. There is also a small scrap of this left on the inside around the bottom hem, and at the name badge loaction, at the Left-chest area.
More details on the next post...