Unusual Find, Sorta Flight Jacket Related

[Stony]

I found this home made tool box today and have never seen anything like it before. The decals look like something a kid during the war would collect, possibly in a cereal box like the squadron buttons were. Kinda an unusual, cool little item.

There are also decals on both ends, but I did not post those photos.

 

[ausreenactor]

That is fantastic! Very well done.

 

[dujardin]

very cooooooooooooooooooool

nice collector

 

[Rutger]

That's a very neat find, would it be late forties/early fifties?

 

[Phantomfixer]

Very cool...looks big enough that you could use it for something....Patch collection box? and solid hardware too...Looks like the black lettering was done individually? Kid put a lot of time into that box...

 

[TankBuster]

Pretty cool. I always enjoy seeing these unique items.

 

[bazelot]

I hope it is made out of cedar, You can certainly put a few jackets in there

 

[Stony]

I hope it is made out of cedar, You can certainly put a few jackets in there

It's tool box sized, about 16L x 8W x 8H, so it would have to be a cloth Navy jacket in order to get stuffed in there.

 

[a2jacketpatches]

Some of those vintage decal sets were recently available on Ebay. I think they were cereal prizes or something.

 

[TankBuster]

Some of those vintage decal sets were recently available on Ebay. I think they were cereal prizes or something.

I think you're right. There was a guy selling some NOS decals like these on their original backing at a local show for $2 a piece. I bought a few just because I thought the Air Corps ones were cool.