AAF_Collection Posted January 25, 2013 Share #126 Posted January 25, 2013 Great thread Ian! I'll have to add a few of the examples I have as soon as I can take some pictures. Brian,I for one would love to see some of the jackets from your Great-Grandfather!. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriansBricks Posted February 8, 2013 Share #127 Posted February 8, 2013 I couldn't find any of the Ike's in "child-ish" colors, but I did find an M43. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share #128 Posted February 8, 2013 That is a really cool "Ike" conversion....love it! Thanks for adding it to the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai robert Posted August 26, 2013 Share #129 Posted August 26, 2013 I have an Ike jacket that i think is the 1946 version but i´m not sure (the tag in the pocket is washed out) It has three small snap buttons for closing the pocket flaps and the buttons for closing the jacket have been replaced by a zipper. The rest of the jacket looks just like the M-1944 jacket. When was these snap buttons introduced? And the zipper? / Kai Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share #130 Posted August 26, 2013 The zipper was non-standard. GIs had them added privately to stop the jacket from gaping and to give it a more streamlined appearance. Pocket flaps were often sewn shut too as they were hardly ever used. The pockets on M1950 Ikes closed with snaps anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai robert Posted August 26, 2013 Share #131 Posted August 26, 2013 The zipper was non-standard. GIs had them added privately to stop the jacket from gaping and to give it a more streamlined appearance. Pocket flaps were often sewn shut too as they were hardly ever used. The pockets on M1950 Ikes closed with snaps anyway. Ok, so zipper was added privetly, on my jacket you can clearly see that it has been modified, the button holes are still there. There is also small snap buttons along with the zipper. On your Picture of the M1950 jacket there is no seam on the back and no buttons on the cuffs. My jacket has buttons on the cuffs and seam on the back. The pocket flaps has three snap button and there is no sign of any previus button hole. / Kai Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share #132 Posted August 26, 2013 The Ike in post #18 is actually a '46 dated example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai robert Posted August 26, 2013 Share #133 Posted August 26, 2013 The Ike in post #18 is actually a '46 dated example. Yes, i saw that, the one i´m thinking of is post # 22. I guess my jacket is an M1946 with some modifications. I have a post ww2 photo of the owner wearing this jacket, the only ribbon on the jacket is the occupation ribbon + 43 inf. div and 102nr inf. reg. dui. and Tech. sgt Chevrons. (he enlisted in Jun -43) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share #134 Posted August 26, 2013 That's the revized 1950 pattern. Finer fabric, plain cuffs, buttoned tabs instead of side adjuster buckles/straps, snap-closed pockets and a rayon lining. It was also an improved cut...somewhat sleeker than the WW2 type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndanger Posted December 12, 2013 Share #135 Posted December 12, 2013 Here is one for warm climates made from a tropical shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai robert Posted February 1, 2014 Share #136 Posted February 1, 2014 What is this?. Looks like an Ike jacket but pocket flaps are different and you can see all of the buttons. Don´t look like a brit made, they have pointed pocket flaps, or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted February 1, 2014 Share #137 Posted February 1, 2014 No label in one of the pockets, either chest or inside??? Looking at the jacket, I was thinking Australian made at first glance but the ETO related insignia suggest otherwise... Maybe French or Belgian Made??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share #138 Posted February 1, 2014 It has the appearance of a re-tailored / cut-down EMs four pocket coat, though some of the tell-tale details are obscured by the paperwork. The lack of a label can be attributed to the fact that the bottom half of the coat was removed and along with it the label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share #139 Posted February 1, 2014 There are many examples featured in this thread. As they were individually re-tailored, no two are exactly alike. I think you'll find that your example fits into this general category. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/126317-officers-and-ems-re-tailored-ikes/page-3?hl=re-tailored&do=findComment&comment=1329605 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai robert Posted February 1, 2014 Share #140 Posted February 1, 2014 There are many examples featured in this thread. As they were individually re-tailored, no two are exactly alike. I think you'll find that your example fits into this general category. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/126317-officers-and-ems-re-tailored-ikes/page-3?hl=re-tailored&do=findComment&comment=1329605 Thanks, I found a couple of lookalikes here. This jacket is on Ebay but i kind of lost interest when i checked up on the dog tag, the ASN doesn´t exist according to NARA-AAD?? The name is there with another ASN. http://www.ebay.com/itm/121262203607?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#ht_78wt_892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 23, 2021 Share #141 Posted March 23, 2021 Here's a first, the IKE worn in combat, A topic and video posted by member huntssurplus, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obsolete_Battleship Posted August 16, 2023 Share #142 Posted August 16, 2023 One thing to keep in mind is the "Ike" jacket was intended originally as a field uniform, hence why the label is as such. It was supposed to be the American made version of the ETO jacket. It just sort of morphed into the default "class A". Hence why the post war 1947(?) and 1950 versions are cut differently- intended as the latter Back when I started collecting in the 90s, I got a lot of my uniforms from the veterans themselves or the families, I noticed that guys in the who where in the PTO seemed to have had fewer Ikes issued to them at the end of the war (i,e. what they wore home) than guys in the ETO- then it dawned on me....the uniform was intended as a field uniform...and since the PTO had a lower priority for supplies (Army wise) than Europe. Especially for wool clothing...why so many PTO guys still had service coats at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 2, 2023 Share #143 Posted December 2, 2023 A ETO Jacket being worn by 109th Infantry 28th Infantry Division Staff Officer in Colmar Germany in mid February 1945, after the battle and the French take it over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted December 2, 2023 Share #144 Posted December 2, 2023 2 hours ago, patches said: A ETO Jacket being worn by 109th Infantry 28th Infantry Division Staff Officer in Colmar Germany in mid February 1945, after the battle and the French take it over again. He's also wearing standard British Battledress trousers Map pocket flap on left thigh and you can see the shell dressing pocket on the right hip below the pistol belt. TBF It also looks like a Standard ''Austerity Pattern'' Battledress jacket. I say that as the "Waist band" seems to be the buckle type on a longer band, not the button on a short tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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