PLEASE NOTE: We are BACK IN THE OFFICE as of MONDAY 01/06 catching up from Travel and Shipping out the Mountain of Orders we received!!
YES, Kanae is Here, Listing, Packing, & SHIPPING as of MONDAY 01/06!!
Update 01/10/25: WE ARE still EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH non-PayPal CREDIT CARD PURCHASES!!
If you would like to PAY for an Artifact with a CREDIT CARD, please email and I will get an invoice emailed to you ASAP!
THERE MAY BE SOME DELAYS in SOME POLICE & FIRE BADGES AFTER Wednesday 01/15 when I Leave for PORKY'S!!
NOTE: If You Are Going to Porky's I will be bringing CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA, FEDERAL, & STATE AGENCY Badges.
If You Want to see something in-hand that is NOT in a Category above, try to let me know this weekend so I can get it pulled for the Show!!
We are HAPPY TO ACCEPT YOUR ORDERS during this time, and we will promptly SHIP MOST orders with ONE Business Day of Receipt of Payment!
And, as always, if you would like to fund your $100.00+ order through a Bank that offers ZELLE, ASK ABOUT our ZELLE DISCOUNT!!
That DISCOUNT also applies to PayPal GIFT (Fee-Free), Check, and Money Order payments!!
Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here on our site to add to your collection.
We look forward to serving your collecting needs, Ron & Kanae
ARTIFACT:
This is a World War II United States Army Air Forces B-15 flyer jacket with Alberto Vargas' "Sleepy Time Gal" painted back art. The jacket originally belonged to 1st Lieutenant Earl Olive Chapman of California, a P-38 fighter pilot. The jacket is accompanied by several period newspaper clippings about Chapman, photographs and other memorabilia. At the time of the printing of the article from the July 10, 1944 edition of the Arcadia Tribune, Chapman had flown over fifty combat missions, downed an enemy plane and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
VINTAGE:
Circa World War II.
SIZE:
Size 40.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Cotton/nylon with painted back art and insignia, alpaca lining, mouton collar, elasticized cotton/nylon waistband and cuffs, brass zipper with leather pull; newspapers; photographs; framed photograph with glass, gold-plated brass frame with velvet-wrapped cardboard backing.
ATTACHMENT:
Zipper, snaps at pockets, buttons by collar; frame: brass hanger and standing arm.
MARKINGS:
TYPE B-15 SPECIFICATION 3220 SIZE 40 STOCK NO. 8300-470734 ORDER NO. (33-038) 44-6343-AF MODA COAT COMPANY PROPERTY AIR FORCES, U.S. ARMY on label and inked stamp on inside edge; CONMAR on zipper.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a United States Army Air Forces collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. MDJJX10 LABJJX4/11 SABJJX1/12
CONDITION:
6 (Fine+): The jacket has some light to medium wear with some small holes (mostly in the waistband) and two areas on collar and on reverse flap where fur is dried out/missing; newspapers are yellowed.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
