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Recent content by Jimmy Smith

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    New to the forum and trying to work out the history of my old jacket.

    Definitely a re-line in my opinion...here are some more photos which might help. You can see the remnants of the old brown lining at the cuffs and the waist of the jacket. I’ve also photographed the throat clasp install over the newer lining which is the confusing bit as well as the inside of...
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    New to the forum and trying to work out the history of my old jacket.

    Thanks everyone for taking the time to look. I know very little other than what I’ve read up on recently. I did look the zipper up and from what I found out it dated as late 1930s to mod 40s. The lining I found confusing as it was definitely a mid brown originally as there are bits of it left...
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    New to the forum and trying to work out the history of my old jacket.

    Hi, Glad to be here, this looks like a great forum! I recently had a lucky find in this old jacket. I have been looking for an old A2 type jacket for some while and this one came up cheap on eBay. It’s much nicer and older than the photos suggested so I’m wondering what I have? It looks like an...
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