What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[Smithy]

GW Monarch m422. Low angle due to photographer being 11 years old.

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I reckon this is one of the best photos in this whole thread.

If I may say, you look cooler than a freezer full of ice blocks at the South Pole.

 

[B-Man2]

GW Monarch m422. Low angle due to photographer being 11 years old.

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You need to hire that little guy out. That’s one of the best pics we’ve seen in this thread. You can see the whole package. The selfies just are too close and you never get to see the entire jacket. Just the face of the person and sections of the jacket.
Your little guy nailed it !!

 

[Spitfireace]

Anybody guess this contract?

 

[B-Man2]

This G-1 will always be the one.



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Maybe it’s the angle of the camera but those pockets look huge in this photo .
I’ll guess it’s a Irvin B. foster or a Star .

 

[mulceber]

GW Monarch m422. Low angle due to photographer being 11 years old.

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So damn cool!

 

[Spitfireace]

Maybe it’s the angle of the camera but those pockets look huge in this photo .
I’ll guess it’s a Irvin B. foster or a Star .

Nope. I'm short. Maybe that's why the pockets look big. It is a 38 though. Think mid sixties.

 

[B-Man2]

Nope. I'm short. Maybe that's why the pockets look big. It is a 38 though. Think mid sixties.

Both of those companies made them in the mid 60s so the only other companies it could be are Ralph Edwards
Martin Lane or a Gregory . Yea or nay?

 

[Spitfireace]

Both of those companies made them in the mid 60s so the only other companies it could be are Ralph Edwards
Martin Lane or a Gregory . Yea or nay?

Ralph Edwards. JC said on his page this was a rare transitional contract because it has all of the early sixties stuff on it, but has single ply knits. Goat, with the real mouton collar obviously. Probably 1966.

 

[B-Man2]

Ralph Edwards. JC said on his page this was a rare transitional contract because it has all of the early sixties stuff on it, but has single ply knits. Goat, with the real mouton collar obviously. Probably 1966.

It definitely looks sweet.
Great fit as well.

 

[Spitfireace]

Thanks. It was on eBay locally so I just contacted the guy and went and looked at it in person. Bought it for $140. It had a replacement Talon aluminum zip on it, so I sent to MASH Japan to get a real Conmar zip for it . That cost me to get it installed properly by a local jacket specialist (more than the jacket cost originally). If you are into G-1's, I don't think it could get much better all in all. Everybody is looking to AVI or whatever as a repro, but if you can find the real thing, and it's in good shape and fits, you don't have to look any further. I feel lucky, not snubbing anybody who gets a repro. You can't always find something that is the real thing and works for you.

 

[Sideslip]

Ralph Edwards. JC said on his page this was a rare transitional contract because it has all of the early sixties stuff on it, but has single ply knits. Goat, with the real mouton collar obviously. Probably 1966.

Thank you for putting me out of my "misery" , I was thinking that it was a little earlier. This said, it was a good opportunity to return to the excellent thread on USN jackets. Looks great!

 

[Sideslip]

Thanks, that's very kind, but the thread is

You need to hire that little guy out. That’s one of the best pics we’ve seen in this thread. You can see the whole package. The selfies just are too close and you never get to see the entire jacket. Just the face of the person and sections of the jacket.
Your little guy nailed it !!

@Smithy that's very kind and after a brutal week at work last week and it being Sunday night, I thank you for it. This said, the amazing jackets on this thread that I see everyday coupled with the knowledge is really the best thing about this thread.
@B-Man2 I agree that selfies are too close (and I have long arms). My son picked this one out (he goes cyclic on the camera button like he's playing a video game) and it was the only one where I was in motion - I was actually walking towards him telling him to stop taking so many pictures!

 

[Smithy]

Thanks, that's very kind, but the thread is

@Smithy that's very kind and after a brutal week at work last week and it being Sunday night, I thank you for it. This said, the amazing jackets on this thread that I see everyday coupled with the knowledge is really the best thing about this thread.
@B-Man2 I agree that selfies are too close (and I have long arms). My son picked this one out (he goes cyclic on the camera button like he's playing a video game) and it was the only one where I was in motion - I was actually walking towards him telling him to stop taking so many pictures!

Sideslip you are more than welcome!

Absolutely no bullshit, if you put that photo of you above beside a photo of Steve McQueen, you'd hang him out to dry.

You get my vote for the current "King of Cool" here on VLJ

 

[Dany McDonald]

but if you can find the real thing, and it's in good shape and fits, you don't have to look any further.

That's so true and harder to realized as the good ones get sold pretty fast and the cost is going up-up-up....

Good for you and good thinking with the zip.

D

 

[Spitfireace]

United States Navy Jackets: Ralph Edwards Sportswear G-1 MIL-J-7823C

Here is a description of my G-1 as per JC.

 

[Spitfireace]

Actually I'm kind of puzzled by the earliness of the jacket. The label is older, from earlier sixties (close to illegible due to wear). The rib ply is not replaced it's single ply, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Spitfireace]

Actually I'm kind of puzzled by the earliness of the jacket. The label is older, from earlier sixties (close to illegible due to wear). The rib ply is not replaced it's single ply, maybe I'm wrong.View attachment 84690

 

[YoungMedic]

Actually I'm kind of puzzled by the earliness of the jacket. The label is older, from earlier sixties (close to illegible due to wear). The rib ply is not replaced it's single ply, maybe I'm wrong.View attachment 84690View attachment 84692

I see 7823D (WEP) which would make it later sixties unless I'm mistaken

 

[Spitfireace]

It's such a transitional jacket. If it's D it's a between C and D. JC has said the same.

 

[Spitfireace]

It has nothing in common with a D series. The only thing differenting between C and D is the use of the fade to red mouton.