Original British WWII Irvin Sheepskin Flying Jacket - Rare Original Machine Gun Part Sets All parts including cylinder are

All parts including cylinder are matching with serial number 108919 denoting year of manufacture as 1863

The remainder of the jacket is nicely lined

with a flaschengrün (dark bottle-green) "badge cloth" backing

with a lighter gray cap band

Original British WWII Irvin Sheepskin Flying Jacket - Rare Original Machine Gun Part Sets All parts including cylinder areOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a lovely example of the dashing British Royal Air Force Irvin Sheepskin Flying Jacket. The jacket does show signs of heavy use and wear but is otherwise in solid presentable condition. As aviation advanced so did the altitudes to which pilots could fly. Suddenly aircrew were flying to thousands of feet where temperatures would easily be sub zero, not a good thing when aircraft construction still provided