Australian army MP leather jacket

[dinomartino1]

Australian army military police motorcycle jacket, the only pic I could find.
1980s'/90s?

3.92 Leather motorcycle jackets are worn as protective dress by members of RACMP, Royal Australian Corps of Transport and Royal Australian Corps of Signals while engaged in motorcycle duties and other personnel authorised to perform motorcycle duties. The jackets are not to be embellished and may be worn when conducting motorcycle escort duties on ceremonial parade escort in cold climates.

 

[ausreenactor]

I gave one, along with a white helmet to the Wentworth Military Collection in early 2017. Mine was salvaged from a Barracks in Tasmania, where they were throwing all of the MP stuff away as they don't have
any bikes now. Was about a 38 from memory.

 

[B-Man2]

Not too far off the pattern from a French cyclist jacket or the infamous Luftwaffe jacket is it?

 

[Pilot]

Not too far off the pattern from a French cyclist jacket or the infamous Luftwaffe jacket is it?

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Australian army military police motorcycle jacket, the only pic I could find.
1980s'/90s?

3.92 Leather motorcycle jackets are worn as protective dress by members of RACMP, Royal Australian Corps of Transport and Royal Australian Corps of Signals while engaged in motorcycle duties and other personnel authorised to perform motorcycle duties. The jackets are not to be embellished and may be worn when conducting motorcycle escort duties on ceremonial parade escort in cold climates.


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The pocket flap is very familiar .................sorry B-man-2, I can't see any similarity to the Euro jacket

 

[B-Man2]

The pocket flap is very familiar .................sorry B-man-2, I can't see any similarity to the Euro jacket

Ken
What about the collar , waist belt , long sleeves and general configuration of both jackets ?
Nothing similar for you?

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Honestly? Not meaning to offend in any way but not from a manufacturing (Country of Origin) point of view

 

[dinomartino1]

I gave one, along with a white helmet to the Wentworth Military Collection in early 2017. Mine was salvaged from a Barracks in Tasmania, where they were throwing all of the MP stuff away as they don't have
any bikes now. Was about a 38 from memory.

I haven't seen one for years , I can't remember if Stagg in Vic. made them.

 

[ausreenactor]

Heading over to see Russell at the Collection today. Did you want me to try for a pic?

 

[dinomartino1]

Heading over to see Russell at the Collection today. Did you want me to try for a pic?

I am probably too late now 18:52 Perth time, the label would have the the year on it.

 

[ausreenactor]

I swung by and took a look at the new display. His Excellency is opening the audio tour in March apparently? The jacket, helmet and white gauntlets were up on the wall. I thought I may have take some pics somewhere? Will go through the Facebook pages...

It had the Generic black on white label with the NSN, sizing, maker and name/serial number spaces from memory. The white gauntlets were new in the bag.

 

[ausreenactor]

 

[dinomartino1]

The civilian version by Stagg, I don't know if they did black , I've have only seen two and both where yellow. Tried to find photos the see what that museum is like, but not much on google images or their website.

 

[dinomartino1]

A well worn one from somebody's for sale ad hence the logo.

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

It would appear that the pocket design is an Oz thing

 

[ausreenactor]

M41 Jump Jacket perhaps, with an extra stud?

 

[ausreenactor]

 

[CombatWombat]

I haven't seen one for years , I can't remember if Stagg in Vic. made them.

I've seen a box of them marked Babylon Industries..... same mob that made the NSW police leathers at one point but Stagg and maybe even Mars probably had contracts at one point or another

 

[Who]

I've come late to this one. I used to regularly buy jackets from Mars Leathers on Elizabeth Street in Melbourne in the 1980's-90's. They were still making this pattern of jacket in dark blue for our parking inspectors back then they said. They must have had a contract. Victorian motorcycle cops worn them too. I seem to remember seeing this in around 1987. I also saw this pattern hanging up in khaki too, in Mars' 'special deals' section.

I bought a couple of these from Mars back then - I think they were called a Patrol Jacket pattern. Mine were in black. The leather was 3oz cowhide, with a cotton drill lining. The sizing on them was smallish and trim fit by today's standards. I would fit a 44 but I generally wear a 42.

Those pockets were fairly shallow and was leather on one side, cotton drill on the other. There was a 4 inch wide windflap of floppy leather snapped to the inside of the jacket.

Unfortunately Colin sold Mars Leathers and a zombie outlet is now selling mainly pisspoor imported jackets with the odd clumsily executed local jacket. Lee used to be their main machinist and we was very skilled. Retired after his wife got sick, I heard. Probably mid naughties.

There were around 4 solid leather jacket makers in Melbourne until the 1990's - Stagg, Matador, E Weiden, Mars. Now there are none I know of.

 

[ausreenactor]

Had a Weiden back in the day... Sold it around 15 years ago..

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