Surplus Ike jackets

[The Wizard of BC]

Sorry CMcG.

I should have been more specific.

I would want the jacket in the picture. It is significantly different than the Police uniform jacket.

Note the lower lapel notch.
Note the wider and buttoned waistband.

The shoulders are rolled and the sleeves are more like a suit coat.

This is what I meant I wanted.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Riverkilt]

I love my What Price Glory replica Ike jackets. Have an officer's and an enlisted.

I do wear insignia on mine. The officer's Ike Jacket has my father's insignia as a Captain in the Army Air Corps and the enlisted Ike jacket has my uncle Don's insignia as a Tech Sergeant. Both saw a LOT of combat in War 2.

I wear their insignia to honor them. As olde as I am I doubt anyone would mistake me for a War 2 vet or see the jackets as current issue.

Someone will probably ask about the difference so I'll go ahead and post pics of each though the pic with the officer's jacket still makes me cringe at my WHITE legs....


This is the officer's Ike jacket from WPG. Its a dark green color


This is the enlisted Ike jacket from WPG. Its an olive green color

[Chirs]

Post removed by me. Lacks context.

[Oddern]

I like the Ike jacket (Battle dress jacket) very much and can absolutly see myself in one kilted. Were I live it's a rule (written even) that you do not wear military insignia if you're not in the service. I don't think it has anything to do with dishonoring anyone or anything. The attitude towards using military uniforms and insignia are different from country to country, and that must be ok.
Skål!

[OC Richard]

I am actually having a difficult time imagining it with a kilt. I like the style, but I'm also a military junkie...

Remember that the so-called "Ike jacket" is merely a US copy of the British "Battledress" jacket, adopted in the 1930s. The Germans copied it too (the M44 jacket).

The Battledress jacket was widely worn with kilts by all the Highland regiments throughout WWII and through the Korean War. I have hundreds of photographs of Scottish troops wearing Battledress jackets with kilts... unfortunately none of them scanned onto my computer.

And, in the years following WWII, Battledress/Ike jackets became extremely popular amongst civilian pipe bands in the USA. I have seen dozens of photos of US civilian pipe bands from the 40s through the 60s wearing these jackets.

Reproduction Battledress jackets are available, in any size, and they look great with kilts. The introduction of the Battledress jackets was great for the kilted regiments, because it was already short and therefore didn't have to have a special short version made for the Scottish regiments.

[macwilkin]

Remember that the so-called "Ike jacket" is merely a US copy of the British "Battledress" jacket, adopted in the 1930s. The Germans copied it too (the M44 jacket).

The Battledress jacket was widely worn with kilts by all the Highland regiments throughout WWII and through the Korean War. I have hundreds of photographs of Scottish troops wearing Battledress jackets with kilts... unfortunately none of them scanned onto my computer.

And, in the years following WWII, Battledress/Ike jackets became extremely popular amongst civilian pipe bands in the USA. I have seen dozens of photos of US civilian pipe bands from the 40s through the 60s wearing these jackets.

Reproduction Battledress jackets are available, in any size, and they look great with kilts. The introduction of the Battledress jackets was great for the kilted regiments, because it was already short and therefore didn't have to have a special short version made for the Scottish regiments.

...or just watch Tunes of Glory.

T.

[Spartan Tartan]

Thanks OC Richard! I love the historical context. I really enjoy the history of military uniforms...interestingly enough, in the US Navy we have an "Eisenhower" jacket that we call an Ike jacket. However, it's worn as a casual jacket with any uniform and actually resembles a Members Only jacket (but with epaulettes). Black only.

I might have to pick up one of these, however, to wear with my kilt.

[macwilkin]

The US Post Office, US Forest Service and National Park Service also have worn (or are still wearing) variants of the Ike Jacket; I never bought one while I was in, but the Ike Jacket is an option for the NPS dress uniform, although it has a zipper, rather than buttons.

T.

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[Riverkilt]

Well the holding cell post turned up on my email....

If what that poster said were true we'd have no reenactors.

In my case, its my choice and it is a choice of HONOR. My father (RAF, Army Air Corps when we were losing at Dieppe and Kassarine Pass) and my uncle (U.S. Army fought across France and Germany and was in the first company to liberate Dachau) are long dead. Anyone who thinks I'm a War2 veteran doesn't do math well. I'd have to be 90 something to have served.

And thanks for the moderation.