President's A-2, are you bidding?

[Anonymous]

http://www.rrauction.com/Eisenhowers-Fo ... acket.html

Curious if his will beat MacArthur's

 

[Silver Surfer]

anyone know of any pix of ike wearing his a-2? i cant say that i have seen any, or at least that i can remember. big coin item, that one.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes Sir,

 

[ButteMT61]

Were I a wealthy man, I'd end up trying to get that. No doubt.

 

[Anonymous]

Looking closely at the last pic, seems it's not the same jacket.

Butte I wish you become a wealthy man and order 100 BK jackets for yourself and your family.

 

[Anonymous]

here's another one

and another one (wtf?)

 

[Silver Surfer]

sure looks like ike is wearing a cable, and thats what the jacket being auctioned is. the article said that the jac is being offered with provenance. if its deemed to be the real deal, the final bid will be in the stratosphere. im suprised that the jacket is not in the ike museum, smithsonian, etc, and just show now up after these many years.

 

[Peter Graham]

My eyes are not what they used to be but the jacket in the WW2 pic appears to have button cuffs. The epps also look much narrower than the ones on the auction jacket. Is that even Ike ?

 

[Roughwear]

I agree with Peter, it's not the same jacket. It's interesting to note the additional leather strips over the epaulets to house the rank insignia.

 

[chamboid]

That's what I noticed Andrew. The extra epaulette with the insignia on it. An interesting modification. In the last picture with the watch you can see what looks like more stars underneath the added strip?

The jacket he is wearing in the photograph though I don't believe is an A-2. Cables shaped pockets yes, but no Epaulette and buttoned cuffs, as Petwr said. I also think it has a bi-swing back?

I swear I've seen a photograph of him wearing one though, somewhere.

 

[6148th T.C.Squadron]

My eyes are not what they used to be but the jacket in the WW2 pic appears to have button cuffs. The epps also look much narrower than the ones on the auction jacket. Is that even Ike ?

Good point, does not seem like it is Ike in that pic.

 

[watchmanjimg]

I agree with Peter, it's not the same jacket. It's interesting to note the additional leather strips over the epaulets to house the rank insignia.

I recall seeing pictures of Lucian Truscott in an A-2 style jacket with buttoned cuffs. Could this be him?

 

[Robman]

yes, I believe it is General Truscott greeting the 92nd Inf. Division IIRC, The Buffalo Soldiers I believe they were called. Anyway, it isn't Ike.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, he is not Eisenhower, sorry.

 

[Peter Graham]

No matter who it is in the photo, that button cuffed jacket looks smart.

 

[watchmanjimg]

No matter who it is in the photo, that button cuffed jacket looks smart.

Here are two quick cell-phone pics from Page 182 of Stanton's U.S. Army Uniforms of World War II:



Aside from the cuffs, Gen. Truscott's jacket appears to follow the A-2 pattern very closely.

 

[Peter Graham]

Aside from the cuffs, Gen. Truscott's jacket appears to follow the A-2 pattern very closely.

I don't think there's a knitted waistband Jim.

 

[watchmanjimg]

I don't think there's a knitted waistband Jim.

Right you are, Peter. Frankly I hadn't seen another picture of this jacket until the current thread came up, nor had I given it much thought. In any case I'll amend my earlier statement to say that aside from the cuffs and waistband, Gen. Truscott's jacket appears to follow the A-2 pattern very closely. Here's a nice, clear view:

 

[flyboy]

To answer the initial question: No I am not bidding!

 

[Roughwear]

Nor am I Soren!