ausreenactor
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Are the buttons brown or black? They look like USMC buttons. Black buttons are post war. Mimics the late war, post war Vandegrift style.....
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The one jacket you would never sell....
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Happy Hooligan
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ausreenactor
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They're Army alright....
Dubpynchon
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My Aero B-3, made from the last of some Real McCoys sheepskin they had in the basement.
John Lever
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Well worn ELC A1
Spitfireace
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I realize I'm derailing my own thread as the question was "What's the one jacket you wouldn't sell". The criteria for that can be a number of things though. Is it rarity, originality, condition, or sentimental value.?Ability to be able to replace it?
Spitfireace
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Amazing character/grain on that!
Spitfireace
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I agree with you. No matter how nice of a repro it is, it can always be reproduced again whereas originals are irreplaceable.
ausreenactor
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You picked this up like this from memory?
ausreenactor
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You can always buy them.. The price just goes up. I have a great original Bronco here: however, I could sell it if the price were right. Sane could be said for many rare repro such as my BR Werrber B-2. The one bespoke repro, with parts sourced from all over the World, is the only jacket I would never move on.
Garylafortuna
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Micawber
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Ya can't buy friendship of a WW2 combat vet who did his stint wearing a bit of kit that decades after he entrusts to you. That kind of thing can't be bought.
John Lever
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From the USA,not expensive
John Lever
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Yes Capeskin. A blind seller on ebay wore it every day for 2 years. It isn't old , just bashed about. I doubt there is another quite like it.
ausreenactor
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My memory hasn't completely gone. As soon as I saw it the head started nodding. Great jacket..
ausreenactor
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Technically it can. 'Provenance'.
John Lever
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He had resewn all the buttons....looks like woodworm
Micawber
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Sure you can buy something with provenance either directly or via 3rd party, anyone can splash the cash and do that. Being given something direct from the hands of a friend who used it in combat, to hear the stories, see the photos, the records, the cine film and other "provenance" by sheer dint of being a friend trusted enough to become the next guardian of the gear beats simply splashing the cash any day. Well it does to me.
ausreenactor
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Make sure your family know how significant that jacket is and why it is unique.
I have tubs full of all the uniforms and paraphernalia tied to my career and my deployments... The medals are the most significant elements for families generally... My kids wouldn't know what's what....but the boy wants my combat belt/holster more than anything else..??
I have tubs full of all the uniforms and paraphernalia tied to my career and my deployments... The medals are the most significant elements for families generally... My kids wouldn't know what's what....but the boy wants my combat belt/holster more than anything else..??
Pilot
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I believe what John means with “technically “ is:
buy an original A-2 or whatever item...
buy a lot of photos and documents...
accommodate both lots...
....and you have a “ technical “ provenance....
A lot of “ provenance “ like that on Crapola Bay.
