Lot 173
British WWI Jerkin Lot
Mise à prix: $150
British WWI Jerkin Lot
1915 pattern brown leather jerkin has three plain and one embossed knot leather covered buttons secured by rings on the interior; jerkin is lined in gray blanket wool with a large but illegible stamped marking on the base at the interior. Leather shows stains and light wear but remains in very good pliable condition, with some stitching that has given way in places around the shoulder and collar.
Lot further includes a heavy khaki cotton duck jerkin with visible but illegible BroadArrow stamp between the third and fourth buttonholes on the light olive blanket wool lining. Buttons are leather covered metal, secured by rings on the interior. Exterior shows stains; interior has a large worn hole in the bottom right corner of the lining.
US WWI jerkins are quite common, and post-war British Jerkins are as well, but the WWI British leather jerkin as easily distinguished from it's American cousin by the wide shoulders is nowhere near as easy to find! $300 - $500