WW2 US B-15A Jacket for review

[supperpotato]

Hello, Collectors,

Please take a look at the B-15A jacket. Is it original WW2 period?

Thanks in advance.

Shawn

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[bodes]

Has a correct offset zipper, and the rest looks good including it's condition.....Also believe contract number says 1945...Nice jacket, Bodes

[Gene]

Buzz Rickson Mfg? Buzz Rickson was Steve McQueen's character in 'The War Lover'

[Kevin Treadway]

Buzz Rickson

A very prolific manufacture of replica flight jackets. Japanese maker. They do a great job getting the details right so that a worn jacket might look very much like a vintage one. Check here:

www.historypreservationassoicates.com

As a respected replica, there is still some value but a fraction of an original. Size in this case will hold that down some, but likely a $200-300 jacket to right person.

[Bob Chatt]

Fashion jacket from Japan.

[bodes]

Yes, a replica of a popular WW2 flight jacket....Desirable to those who want the look but don't care about originality.....Heaven forbid, after some time aging the neck tag mysteriously disappears.....Bodes

[supperpotato]

Thanks everyone. I have to say they did a very good job.

[inimicus]

one of the best replicas out there, super quality and detailing. ebay it for a small-medium guy or try a reenactment group.

[Schrage Musik]

WW2 US B-15A Jacket for review

Hello, Collectors,

Please take a look at the B-15A jacket. Is it original WW2 period?

Thanks in advance.

Shawn

This is a very early Buzz Ricksons effort from about 1992, which is extremely good, but not as good as what they now offer. The biggest telltale sign is the zipper, which is not the correct type for a B-15A jacket produced in 1945: this should be oxide brass with the bell-shaped puller of the era vs. the 1990's zip seen on this example. Additionally, this zipper's stopper box at the bottom is stamped "CANE'S," which is in reference to the Japanese vintage-themed American workwear brand "SUGAR CANE," also owned by the same parent company as BR. Though this stopper box is the correct configuration for 1941, it is not for 1944-45, and for 1941 it should have "TALON" stamped on the banner where "CANE'S" appears; at the time this was made in the early 1990's, BR was not getting precise copies made of 1940's zippers as they have been for the last 25 years.

Here you can see current-production of the BR B-15 and how now it includes an original contractor name on the label, in this case the prolific wartime contractor Rough Wear Clothing Co:

https://www.historypreservation.com/...r-clothing-co/

To the uninitiated, any of these could be troublesome, especially if left to age a bit under UV's. But that is not what the manufacturer's intention is and now you know ...

[Texasuberalles]

What purpose do the leather triangles serve?

[bodes]

What purpose do the leather triangles serve?

I believe they were to clip an oxygen mask onto....Bodes