m444uk
Active Member
This jacket is one of the numerous claimed "Luftwaffe" ones. Laponia appears to be a Swedish word/make or is it a German term for a type of cowhide ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Luftwaffe-German- ... 0550179130
This jacket is similar and has the eagle stitch holes faked up by the usual suspect :shock: a shame as it's a quality piece.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0649252632
The thing that confuses me is I've seen a group of east german pilots wearing identical jackets from the mid to late 1950's.
Never WWII Luftwaffe.
It seems unlikely these were communist made, the quality is to high. It also seems unlikely east german's could afforded to buy them or indeed cross the border to get them. Yet logic suggests these jackets are postwar german made to a pattern for a department store or Police.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Luftwaffe-German- ... 0550179130
This jacket is similar and has the eagle stitch holes faked up by the usual suspect :shock: a shame as it's a quality piece.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0649252632
The thing that confuses me is I've seen a group of east german pilots wearing identical jackets from the mid to late 1950's.
Never WWII Luftwaffe.
It seems unlikely these were communist made, the quality is to high. It also seems unlikely east german's could afforded to buy them or indeed cross the border to get them. Yet logic suggests these jackets are postwar german made to a pattern for a department store or Police.