OD33 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I bought this WWII Army Air Corps Class A tunic a couple of months ago as it appears. I thought this would be great for a "restoration" project: the first pic shows everything original with the tunic, minus unit patch, ribbons, collar discs, ruptured duck, and the triangular specialty AAC patch(2nd photo). Pic 3 shows that the ruptured duck was glued rather than sewn, so it must have been the khaki cotton twill version and not the embroidered version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OD33 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 added are correct WW2 Army Air Corps brass collar discs, and 3 ribbons just recently acquired off eBay. The ribbon bar fits perfectly in the pin holes, as does the enlisted collar discs. Since the ribbons and patches are probably long gone, there's no telling what this soldier(airman) was originally awarded, but this seemed fitting since the Air Medal ribbon is on the far left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OD33 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 original era patches pinned on. As with the ribbons, there is no telling what Army Air Force patch adorned this man's left shoulder, and the same with triangular patch on the bottom right sleeve. I figured the "generic" AAC patch was more appropriate as most class A's and Ike's had that when accompanied with a specialty patch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Looks fantastic now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OD33 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 16 hours ago, Ham & Jam said: Looks fantastic now . Thank ya sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Bil4338 Posted April 9, 2016 Major General Share Posted April 9, 2016 Classic tunic, looks way better than before.what I'd call a sympathetic reconstruction! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitter2k1 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Well done and thanks for sharing. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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