Corpsmancollector Posted February 8, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 8, 2011 Hi all, Here's one of my recent pickups, an original set of USMC P42 camos. The jacket shows moderate wear but still holds a good, strong colour. The snaps are Rau Fastener marked on the reverse and the USMC and EGA pocket stencil are still prominent. There's a small stitch repair to one of the arms and a couple of minor stains, but it's still in good condition. The pants on the other hand are almost mint. They have unmarked snaps (which we know existed but aren't the most common type of snaps on original USMC camos) but show some very slight corrosion on the male portion of the snap. There's also some very slight wear to the backside on the beach side. Although the condition of the pants is much better than the jacket, the colour is very similar and they match quite well. I'd imagine they were from similar dye lots. Hope you all enjoy these as much as I do :thumbsup: As always, comments welcome Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kammo-man Posted February 8, 2011 Share #7 Posted February 8, 2011 coolness !!! those pants have a great colorway ...... well done mate on a killer set . owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted February 8, 2011 Here's a nice first pattern camo helmet cover to go with the set, it's unissued and unused. The piece shows that not all camo matches in colour, the cover exhibits a more turquoise green where as the pants are jacket have a more yellow background colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Corpsmancollector Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share #10 Posted February 8, 2011 coolness !!! those pants have a great colorway ...... well done mate on a killer set . owen Thanks O :thumbsup: The pants are very similar to your unused set if I remember rightly. The one with the jacket, pants and cover all named to one Marine. I've been after a set of P42s for some time now, so I was stoked to add this set to my collection! Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 8, 2011 Share #11 Posted February 8, 2011 Very nice Will...particularly the cover. The lad done good...as the saying goes! Ian :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1944 Posted February 8, 2011 Share #12 Posted February 8, 2011 Hey William, Thats a great set of WWII USMC P42 Cammo you have got there Love the fully Complete set of Cammo Congrats on the Find for your Collection Excellent Very Nice to see and thanks for sharing it well done :thumbsup: Hopefully some day il have a complete set just like that.. Regards from across the lake, Tomás :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share #13 Posted February 8, 2011 Very nice Will...particularly the cover. The lad done good...as the saying goes! Ian :thumbsup: Thanks Ian! Glad you like the cover...You know I like yours! :thumbsup: Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share #14 Posted February 8, 2011 Hey William, Thats a great set of WWII USMC P42 Cammo you have got there Love the fully Complete set of Cammo Congrats on the Find for your Collection Excellent Very Nice to see and thanks for sharing it well done :thumbsup: Hopefully some day il have a complete set just like that.. Regards from across the lake, Tomás :thumbsup: Thanks for your kind comments Tomas, I'm glad you like the set! Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwnuttycollector Posted February 9, 2011 Share #15 Posted February 9, 2011 Nice set of frog skins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrapneldude Posted February 9, 2011 Share #16 Posted February 9, 2011 :jeal0001: :jeal0001: VERY nice set of 42s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskjl Posted February 9, 2011 Share #17 Posted February 9, 2011 Those are clean and bright nice setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmcski Posted February 9, 2011 Share #18 Posted February 9, 2011 GREAT find, Will, congrats! Just beautiful..... Semper! Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share #19 Posted February 9, 2011 Awww, you guys... Thanks for the compliments, much appreciated. I worked hard to hunt down a set and I'm glad the hard work paid off. The colour on the pants is beautiful, really fresh and clean :thumbsup: Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIJive Posted February 9, 2011 Share #20 Posted February 9, 2011 Awww, you guys... Thanks for the compliments, much appreciated. I worked hard to hunt down a set and I'm glad the hard work paid off. The colour on the pants is beautiful, really fresh and clean :thumbsup: Will Corpsmancollector, Really nice set of original USMC camouflage! You can't get much better than that. Glad you were able to finally track down a nice original set that's very hard to come by these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1944 Posted February 9, 2011 Share #21 Posted February 9, 2011 Thanks for your kind comments Tomas, I'm glad you like the set! Will Your Very Welcome Will No problem very nice complete set for sure and a great piece of USMC History. Best Regards Tomás :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC RAIDER COLLECTOR Posted February 10, 2011 Share #22 Posted February 10, 2011 Congrats on your USMC camo. I have seen some of the snaps that were marked but were so heavily coated with finish that they were almost impossible to see the markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share #23 Posted February 11, 2011 Congrats on your USMC camo. I have seen some of the snaps that were marked but were so heavily coated with finish that they were almost impossible to see the markings. Many thanks Raider Collector. I can understand that, as the finish on the pant snaps is quite thick, where as the rau fastener snaps on the jacket are very worn and a dull silver in colour as you can see from the photo. I think we've mentioned this before, but have you seen many Scovill snaps on original USMC camos? I remember a previous discussion but couldn't recall the outcome (and couldn't find the thread). I had a close look at my repro camos from The Pacific and they have Scovill snaps but you can tell the difference between them and an original straight away. Thanks for you comment :thumbsup: Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted February 11, 2011 Share #24 Posted February 11, 2011 Wow WILL !!! That is a good score:)) P42 ! Great addition to Your USMC collection for sure!!! Cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share #25 Posted February 11, 2011 Wow WILL !!! That is a good score:)) P42 ! Great addition to Your USMC collection for sure!!! Cheers, Jerry Thanks J, I finally got around to taking those pictures! Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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