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M1942 Paratrooper jacket Real?


Moonlight Gecko
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Moonlight Gecko

I saw this jacket for sale, hoping to get some opinions on it. Sorry for the pics, but do you think it is real? main zipper is marked "Crown". Knife pocket zipper marked "conmar". I didn't see a tag.

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Moonlight Gecko

I forgot to mention that the top of the pocket snaps are brass (you can see it in the last picture). The eyelets under the armpits are cloth

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I've handled a ton of these- 100% original jacket. There is no telling when the name tag was added.

 

Allan

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As as side note, I had an original jump jacket with a laundry mark in the same location and what appears to possibly be the same font as this one. Maybe a specific unit used this type of laundry marking???

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  • 1 year later...

Hi Moonlight Gecko,

 

sorry to dig this one out a month later, jacket looks great!

Just wondering if you'd gone for it or not and if by any chance you could post a picture of the Conmar pocket zipper?

Thanks in advance,

JEB

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manayunkman

I agree with Allan about the name tag.

As a matter of fact I’ll venture to say that it’s a more recent addition.

Is the name Watts?

 

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