Surplus Ike jackets

[CMcG]

Marlow White also sells Mess Dress Jackets, if I remember correctly. Oops...wrong sub forum!

Tsk, tsk Alan, next you're going to start talking about Red Sea Rig

Not that there is anything inherently wrong with that... just as you wrote, wrong sub-forum!

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.

No problem Wizard, I tried! Still, I can see that they are different but I wouldn't say that the difference is significant. More like variations on a theme.

The type of jacket you're interested in doesn't appear common in black, so maybe you could dye one? But you also asked specifically for barathea wool... maybe your ideal version would be a custom job. Now if we only knew a contemporary kilt maker who would be up to the task

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I did a search with the term that OC Richard used "battle dress jacket" and came up with something a little different. I quite like it and this one is more my style! It has a stand up folded collar and no lapels. It comes in the usual tan/khaki/olive colours but also comes in black, like so:



In terms of availability of any of these types of jackets, eBay seems to have lots of options for used surplus. I also found someone on eBay making reproductions for under $100. This seller has the black one I posted above and also ones like this:


Here is a link to that sellers selection, which includes the two I posted and a bunch of other styles too:
http://shop.ebay.com/barrylyndon28/m....c0.m270.l1313

[Nick the DSM]

Uggghhh, WPG has NEVER had anything in my size! All the jackets seem to start at about 42...I need a 36

I don't think it would be dishonorable to wear insignia of current military patches, right? I'd wear what my dad wears on his.

[Tobus]

Uggghhh, WPG has NEVER had anything in my size! All the jackets seem to start at about 42...I need a 36

The surplus market is your friend, then. 36 seems to be a pretty common size from what I've seen. Apparently men were much smaller then than they are today. FWIW, I also wear about a 36-37, and it's frustrating that modern makers only start their sizing at "supersized".

[CMcG]

Uggghhh, WPG has NEVER had anything in my size! All the jackets seem to start at about 42...I need a 36

I don't think it would be dishonorable to wear insignia of current military patches, right? I'd wear what my dad wears on his.

Tobus is right, there are tons of surplus size 36 on eBay:
http://shop.ebay.ca/i.html?_nkw=ike+....c0.m270.l1313

As for wearing insignia of current military, I wouldn't unless I had earned them.

[Alan H]

HA! CMcG..."battle dress jacket" and Spearhead! SCORE on ebay. I'm keeping an eye on that vendor!

Thanks! The first virtual beer is on me!

[CMcG]

HA! CMcG..."battle dress jacket" and Spearhead! SCORE on ebay. I'm keeping an eye on that vendor!

Thanks! The first virtual beer is on me!

:beer:

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[OC Richard]

...or just watch Tunes of Glory.

T.

Yes indeedy! Ninety minutes of battledress jackets and kilts! The greatest "kilt movie" of all time.



And plenty of officers in Blue Patrol jackets too



"d'ye hae a wee lassie in toon?"

[Chas]

WOW - talk about live and learn! Before reading this thread I would have immediately said, without thinking, that the battledress top was traditional, not modern. The military wore them - they have to be traditional.

But, oh no, they are not. A twentieth century introduction!

We all look, but often don't see. In this case, I had seen, but wasn't aware.

Thanks Alan.

Regards

Chas

[Stilletto_Rebel]

The surplus market is your friend, then. 36 seems to be a pretty common size from what I've seen. Apparently men were much smaller then than they are today. ...

This is very much true, Tobus. Malnutrition being the major factor.

I used to re-enact Fallschirmjager and, at 5'4", was once told by a Fallschirmjager Crete veteran that I was the typical height of a German paratrooper. They preferred to have smaller chaps as they were easier to launch out of the doorways of JU-52's!

Here's a photo of me when I was an extra in Band of Brothers:


When at public events, I occasionally wore the fliegerbluse (jacket) with my Blackwatch kilt to the beer tent (after the public had gone home).