Anyone else see this...

[handworn]

...somewhat battered AN-J-3a?

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=4141541

 

[dujardin]

maybe i have to learn more but i was thinking that anj3 had no fur collar ?????

byeeeeeeeeee marcel

 

[deeb7]

maybe i have to learn more but i was thinking that anj3 had no fur collar ?????

This is a 1947 USN jacket, Marcel .... Spec AN6552 (AN-J-3a).

The AN-J-3 is the mysterious jacket with no mouton, and no label.

 

[dujardin]

many thankssssssssssssssss

friendship from Belgium

byeeeeeee marcel

 

[Peter Graham]

This is a 1947 USN jacket

I thought all AN-J-3a's were WW2 dated.

 

[Roughwear]

This is a 1947 USN jacket

I thought all AN-J-3a's were WW2 dated.

So did I. Made from 1943-44, but perhaps David has evidence to show that some contracts ran until 1947?

 

[deeb7]

This is a 1947 USN jacket

I thought all AN-J-3a's were WW2 dated.

Yes, mostly ... the Foster was the last contract for the AN-J-3A (N383S 1035), all the earlier contracts are prefixed N288S.

Next in the sequence is N383S 5299 Spec. 55J14 Burjac Sportswear Inc. dated the same fiscal year.