Tim P Posted 9 November , 2011 Share Posted 9 November , 2011 looking to acquire a leather jerkin as a halfway house cold weather item to supplement a future greatcoat purchase. Now as I see it the WW1 item was identical to the ww2 one but for the buttons. To this end, would a 50's Belgian one be a suitable wearer once ww1 style buttons were added to replace the gold ones? I hasten to add that if that wouldn't be spot on then I will seek another, more accurate alternative. I have never seen a ww1 jerkin so my supposition that they are identical may be a little naive. many thanks Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 9 November , 2011 Share Posted 9 November , 2011 Tim Do a search under leather jerkins... You should find a thread I started re this subject and images of my example. I assumed it was WW1 and indeed it had a date label but experts were quick to show it was a WW2 varient with a fake label. Other respected collectors then showed examples of Great War examples and you can see pattern differences! TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim P Posted 10 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 10 November , 2011 I am almost now leaning towards making a sheepskin or goatskin one myself..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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