interesting label on this one

[SuinBruin]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-WW2-AA ... 1177384494

 

[bjoy]

Interesting, that's the second one of these I have seen.

On a civilian A-2

 

[Anonymous]

Very cool label

 

[chamboid]

aren't those the labels that were put on surplus stock jackets to be resold to the general public?

 

[Roughwear]

True. Poughkeepsie's civi label s actually rarely seen, indicating that they didn't sell many military jackets for the civilian market.

 

[TankBuster]

Very interesting! Thanks for the post. Another photo for the reference files!

 

[Roughwear]

Poughkeepsie had two contracts for AN-J4 jackets, the 43-16804-AF contract from 1943 and the 44-5125-AF from 1944. I suspect this jacket dates to 1944 and Poughkeepsie may have had some surplus jackets which did not form part of their 1944 contract, perhaps in anticipation of a third contract. No contract was forthcoming as the USAAF had moved to lined cloth jackets and Poughkeepsie sold their surplus jackets as private purchases.