ww2vault Posted August 1, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 1, 2007 Hi, I had a blast yesterday at a local costume shop that was going out of business. They have been open for over 32 years and let me tell you, over those 32 years they collected A LOT of costumes. There had to be an easy 90 - 100 military uniforms there, and the owner told me he sold a lot more uniforms off to a surplus guy. He also told me that he had even more military uniforms in dead storage. I was having an absolute field day yesterday, worth every second. My only regret is that I didn't buy more then two uniforms, which were only $15 a pop and $25 if they came with the pants. And what was even better was that most of the military uniforms there were named, I think the owner said most of the uniform he has was given to him by people over the years. I ended up getting what I think is a Officers Army Air Corps jacket and a Navel Officers Jacket. The navel jacket has the date '42 written on the tag inside and the cuff patches indicate that he was a medical officer, while the air corps jacket has what looks to be a theater made, wool(?) air corps patch. I wasn't expecting a costume store to carry real uniforms, I thought they would be made up. Really opened my eyes. Now the owner is putting everything that didn't sell onto Ebay, which is a truck full of costumes. Here are pictures of the Army Air Corps jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww2vault Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted August 1, 2007 Now for the Navel uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted August 1, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 1, 2007 Let the good times roll. Collecting this stuff is so much fun it amazes me it hasn't been made illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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