Maverickson
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
Wanted to share my latest creation with the Forum members. In this case, it is a reproduction of a size 44 AN-J-3A Monarch. I'm a big fan of this make jacket. Hope you enjoy looking!
The Monarch jacket's lining is unusual. All those individual panels in this lining are topstitched. Monarch went well above & beyond what was required. Especially in their USN jackets.
The Monarch sleeve design and the way it attaches into the body of the jacket is quite unique & slightly complicated.
I sourced a correct mid War brass Talon especially for this project.
Went so far as to even attach those secondary labels as found on these originally.
It was actually a pleasure to be able to build one of this jacket from scratch. In the past, most all of my projects have been rebuilding. I've been taking these jacket into little pieces for many years now and systematically reassembling them. That work taught me the basics of these vintage jackets. Am still more fired up about originals but those more difficult to obtain jackets like this Monarch are nearly impossible to have otherwise.
Currently, I own three original USN Monarch jackets & ended up using them all to come up with the pattern for this jacket. That original Monarch seen on the right is the only true WW-2 Large size Monarch I've ever encountered.
Hope you all enjoy! There is more to come
Cheers, Dave
Wanted to share my latest creation with the Forum members. In this case, it is a reproduction of a size 44 AN-J-3A Monarch. I'm a big fan of this make jacket. Hope you enjoy looking!
The Monarch jacket's lining is unusual. All those individual panels in this lining are topstitched. Monarch went well above & beyond what was required. Especially in their USN jackets.
The Monarch sleeve design and the way it attaches into the body of the jacket is quite unique & slightly complicated.
I sourced a correct mid War brass Talon especially for this project.
Went so far as to even attach those secondary labels as found on these originally.
It was actually a pleasure to be able to build one of this jacket from scratch. In the past, most all of my projects have been rebuilding. I've been taking these jacket into little pieces for many years now and systematically reassembling them. That work taught me the basics of these vintage jackets. Am still more fired up about originals but those more difficult to obtain jackets like this Monarch are nearly impossible to have otherwise.
Currently, I own three original USN Monarch jackets & ended up using them all to come up with the pattern for this jacket. That original Monarch seen on the right is the only true WW-2 Large size Monarch I've ever encountered.
Hope you all enjoy! There is more to come
Cheers, Dave
