I recall years ago on the page , someone posted a picture of an original A1 that was reputed to be the only one in existence . The subject in this thread is obviously a repro but are there more out there than the one I mention ?
Derek at Lewis Leathers has some civi British 1920's ones. He showed them to me some years ago.Marvins-jp.com has one for sale at around £10,000 that has been heavily restored and has an Air Associates label in it that may have come from a flight suit.I'm not sure on the authenticity.I think Bob Chatt at Vintage Productions may have a real one.
Do you think the Mirabelli A-1 label itself was faked? Artificially aged to near unreadability perhaps? Was there ever an order W535-AC-2486?The “meant to deceive” fake A-1 that caused so much commotion had a label of the Mirabelli Bros. Co. in size 50 (!!!) and drawing 074737 (That drawing number is incorrect and taken from a Type Designation Sheet known to have a few errors based upon the declassified and released A-2 spec documents in 2017, among other documents.)
Do you think the Mirabelli A-1 label itself was faked? Artificially aged to near unreadability perhaps? Was there ever an order W535-AC-2486?
Here it is, along with a fake-up I did for readability.View attachment 18988
Derek at Lewis Leathers has some civi British 1920's ones. He showed them to me some years ago.
Marvins-jp.com has one for sale at around £10,000 that has been heavily restored and has an Air Associates label in it that may have come from a flight suit.I'm not sure on the authenticity.I think Bob Chatt at Vintage Productions may have a real one.
Do you think the Mirabelli A-1 label itself was faked? Artificially aged to near unreadability perhaps? Was there ever an order W535-AC-2486?
Here it is, along with a fake-up I did for readability.View attachment 18988