hermithillnz
New Member
Hi Gentleman I’m a New Zealander and new to the forum and would appreciate your opinion on a Jacket I’ve recently purchased...it has a lovely aged looked to the leather and hasn’t been well looked after with cracking of the leather on the shoulders and stitching that has separated from the collar. Lining seems to be a silk type material and it has a Conmar zipper. I am thinking it might be prewar maybe. There are no collar clips as such only a push type stud. It has an original RAF pilot eagle sewn to the left side of the jacket and it could have been wartime purchased or gifted to an RAF pilot as was the case at times. Im no expert on American jackets and have been collecting RAF, RNZAF wartime militaria so would be really keen to see if this could be a war time Jacket. Many thanks Garth