Thank you for replying to my thread. I am in Australia which throws me a little bit seeing how was possibly a Swedish dip sent here nearly 100 years ago. The only other identifying marks on the jacket are stamped into the press studs on the cops around the wrist and it above the zipper. It is stamped with "Carr Cast Australia". Sort of tells me probably made in Australia but can't find any information. The only other thing on it is the eagle badge but I can't find anything on that either. Thank you for your time CasperI'm fairly certain the Lightning zip dates to around the mid-late 1930's. I researched a jacket I own with a similar style of puller as your pic shows.. Catalog pages I dug up from that jacket's maker placed it in the same time period as these Lightning adverts from the mid 1930's:
EDIT: I just noticed your other post, and that you have already found my other posts showing this same info regarding the zipper. Many different jacket manufacturers used Lightning zips, so it's difficult to say exactly where yours was made without a tag or other info.
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Don't forget Canada.The Lightning Fasteners company was based in Birmingham, England, but exported zips to places such as the US, Sweden, presumably Australia, etc. Founded in 1925. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Lightning_Fasteners
I found an example of a women's leather jacket being advertised in an Aussie newspaper with a lightning zip in 1933, so we know that they were definitely around in Australia by then (though your jacket could still have been made elsewhere). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237069592
I'm guessing that the press studs are made by an Australian branch or affiliate of United-Carr, who made press studs for some of the A-2s, but I don't want to assume for sure.
Is the eagle badge made of leather or metal? And is it permanently attached, or removable like a pin/brooch?
The Eagle badge on it is made of what looks like brass. On the back is a small fixed Bolt and nut. One other thing I have noticed there is no label or anywhere I can see that there was one at any stage. The press studs on the wrist have "Carr Cast Australia" stamped inside them in very tiny print, needed magnifying glass to read it.The Lightning Fasteners company was based in Birmingham, England, but exported zips to places such as the US, Sweden, presumably Australia, etc. Founded in 1925. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Lightning_Fasteners
I found an example of a women's leather jacket being advertised in an Aussie newspaper with a lightning zip in 1933, so we know that they were definitely around in Australia by then (though your jacket could still have been made elsewhere). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237069592
Is the eagle badge made of leather or metal? And is it permanently attached, or removable like a pin/brooch?
Pretty sure it is" Carr Cast Australia"@Spitfireace Naturally.
Could the tiny writing be "Carr Fast Australia"? https://www.ausbuttonhistory.com/?page_id=1052
Pretty sure it is" Carr Cast Australia"