griff66 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 when up at bb there was two guys by arena with small sas display their shirts were green cotton long sleeve with a perforated texture ,jungle issue? are these hard to come by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Harry Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Not sure of the correct type/pattern but commonly referred to as Aertex shirts. Not the easiest of things to come by but then again not the rarest either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 (edited) Some Brit WW2 issue jungle kit in OG was made in drill and aertex......UK and Indian-made......there are several patterns and garments....... By 1951, the British introduced the 1950 pattern aertex bush jacket......awful item all considered.....tightly tailored and with an attached belt that was usually cut-off........could be worn as a shirt (tucked in) or as a jacket with the lower pockets and tails exposed....... By the 60s, a proper tropical aertex shirt was on issue........still rather tightly tailored, but a darn sight better than the 1950 pattern jacket........the shirt has pleated breast pockets with 3-pointed flaps, epaulettes, and long sleeves (and tails)......on issue right up to the mid-70s when replaced by DPM tropicals.......worn with the green denim/drill cross-over belt OG trousers.........the OG cellular shirt was a popular alternative to the hairy KD or OD flannel combat shirt in European climates right up to the early 80s if you could get away with wearing one......... All OG kit is nowadays hard to source, especially in larger sizes...........as ever, I have a small stash of human sizes tucked away for a rainy day...... As a footnote, Gurkhas, and officers, had their own patterns of OG jungle kit....some official and some privately or locally procured....all a study in its own right..... Edited June 5, 2012 by wdbikemad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Harry Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I cant help noticing that everyone is mentioning large/larger sizes-what is the fascination/obsession with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 'Cos we're all fatties compared to our parents/grandparents & so need larger sizes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Harry Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 'Cos we're all fatties compared to our parents/grandparents & so need larger sizes? Still dont understand though, as collectors or to actually wear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) It's an interesting point..... For me, as a collector, I don't give a stuff over size as long as the item I'm acquiring fills a gap or has a place in the collection..........however, some collectors do want stuff in "human" sizes for display on live bodies and/or mannequins, hence a need to fit..... Nowadays, we also have the growing living history/re-enactment movement covering all periods including modern, so again, a need to obtain things to fit.........and, as mentioned, we're mostly all a tad larger today...... But for the above reasons, if you ever decide to sell-on your larger size acquisitions, then the price achieved will invariably be higher....in many cases considerably so (eg - Size 8 & 9 60 pattern gear)......thus an arguably sound investment.... I guess others though, seek large sizes simply to wear or pose in a particular garment (each to their own...).......I still occasionally throw-on an old combat smock for certain activities, but by and large prefer to avoid anything green or cammo in the wardrobe today....besides, Mrs M doesn't particularly like it....! :-\ Edited June 6, 2012 by wdbikemad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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