ebay leather jackets- real or fake? military or civilian?

[figdog]

i love the leather jackets from this era, and i was thinking of getting one or more. i posted this in the collectibles section, but a forum member suggested i repost the links here. take a look .... what do you think? real or fakes? also, the member suggested that the jackets may be civilian rather than military issue, but said that experts on here would know better. what do you think? please check out the links and chime in. thanks in advance

Saw a few things on ebay that I like . really want a leather jacket . but dont want to pay for fakes . let me know what you think

link 1

http://66.135.194.56/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...X:eRTM:US:1123

link 2

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-GERMAN-E...item416e10b5da

link 3

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-GERMAN-A...item4848544e23

link 4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-ELITE-PO...item20cd7baf2c

last link ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-ERA-GENT...item53f00c5e41

[Lou58]

Hi, I think the links to the leather jackets etc, have been cut off, I think that E-bay has removed the listing?

Lou

[figdog]

I muste have copied and pasted wrong .... Here are the links ..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Auth-WWII-Ge...item35c16b5629


http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-ERA-GENT...item53f00c5e41



http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-ERA-GENT...item53f00c5e41


http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-GERMAN-E...item416e10b5da

[Hilton]

Civilian coats, every thrift shop and flea market are full of them, most of them are from the 1950`s.

[Stossgruppe3]

These all are wrap over fittings and come in colours of black green and various shades of brown with a two buckled belt. 50's German Police as already stated.
Regards
David

[phild]

If you search on leather overcoat here or on the Heer Uniform Forum you will find dozens on threads on the real ones. Be aware that for that the last 5 or maybe even 10 years they have been reproduced....big differences and they were not made to fool anyone or as fakes.....but I'm sure some have been passed off as real by now.

You need to start with really understanding the specific style and features on a standard wool Army overcoat and expect those characteristics on a leather overcoat.....is that simple as a start and that will save you from bothering looking at about 90-99% of all the ones being pushed as real.

[stonemint]

This thread explains what you should look for on a period military ledermantel:


http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ht=ledermantel