Hey guys so some time ago I posted that I was looking to pick up a small pilots grouping from a friend who owed me some $$ Well its been about 3 months since this arrived and since I got back from the desert and am in need of your far more experienced luftwaffe collector knowledge and eyes. The jacket is old for sure, now is it legit 1940s old or is it 1950s? I don't know enough to say one way or another. This was bought by my friend from the original owners daughter about a year ago. I have sold the guys brockade belt and have the pants that came with this listed on the estand as we speak. There are loops on the right side above the pocket that currently house an original medal bar. It will fit a luft summer style eagle (I have been told as I do not have one to try). The two top zippers are marked RiRi and the main jacket zipper is marked ZIPP and on the back has DRP.NURNBERG. The jacket has a bunch of male snap ends sewn to it with the same thread and there are loops for shoulderboards and the female screw in button ends. There is a little seperation of the leather seam on the left shoulder. There are also two plastic buttons on the underside of the fur collar and a leather loop on the other side to tighten the collar around the neck if it was really cold. The two plastic buttons are not marked at all. The lady that the jacket was bought from did say that her father wore the jacket post war and was a pilot during the battle for Britain. He got into some trouble as he refused to have his crew drop their bomb load on some British church... im looking at the items and not the story. I think the pilots last name was Proske. But regardless I need your opinions on the jacket and its authenticity to being a ww2 jacket. I realize its hard looking at these leather jackets and what not but I know there are some very knowledgeable collectors on the forum with a lot of experience. So please give me some thoughts and opinions. Look forward to all responses. Also the ribbon bar was denaizified and was worn on the jacket for some time. Matt
Shame it has been de-nazified.
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