watchmanjimg said:
Both patches appear perfectly legitimate. I'm not sure if the version stated as earlier on LJ Militaria's website is in fact the original design or merely a variant, but either would be suitable for a pre-1966 impression.
While I've had several very successful dealings with LJ, I must agree with UncleGrumpy that some of his prices will have you reaching for the nitroglycerin.
You're not too far off in my reaction to the price
which even exceeds what I would want to pay for a plain Buzz L-2B to patch up!
Would it be possible to see a larger pic of your jacket?
My interest is simply a result of watching FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA yesterday, and I suddenly thought this might be a good patch to put on an L-2B; in the film their L-2B's are unpatched and they have the patches on their flightsuits, but as we see, ARS jackets were sometimes patched.
It's interesting that some of the patches are US made and others Japanese made, and explains why the latter are those being worn in the film, which incidentally was a Japanese co-production. I do think the Japanese patch is much nicer and seemingly slightly larger, but I'm wondering if it made more for a flightsuit than a jacket? Do you guys think it would look okay on a jacket? Would love to try and find some 50's~60's photos of ARS jackets to see just what was being worn in reality.