OT - help from German(?) community

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

I got a German Air Force grey leather jacket about 20 years ago, it cost me 40GBP (60Euro). It is in excellent condition, slight damage to orange nylon inside near the collar that is all. No German flags on the sleeves but it does have an MFG2 pin.

 

It no longer fits me and one of my friends wishes to buy it from me. I have no idea what is a good price, he doesnt want to rip me off, I dont want to rip him off.

 

I have not seen one of these in the military Surplus stores for many years now, so I dont know if the GAF even still uses them.

 

German Lockon Community friends - maybe you can give me an idea of what would be a fair price?

 

 

[thesystem]

It looks verry good....a new bomberjack...is cheaper..around 20 euro's but that isn't leather!

 

30 euro's i think would be nice!

 

And it is sure a cool jacket!

[Cosmonaut]

You could check out eBay and see what something like that would go for ..

[ViperVJG73]

Yes I would say 30,-EURO that a equatable price! ;)

[peterj]

A genuine Cold War Luftwaffe jacket, god knows what that's worth on ebay ;)

No but I think its worth more than €30 if it's in good condition.

 

Here you can get one new,

http://www.flightsuits.com/leather_luftwaffe.html

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

Peterj - thanks for that link. New jacket for 318USD (172GBPounds, 253Euro) - man, that's insane!

 

Cosmo - I looked on E-Bay but could not find one. My friend had looked over the past few months but no joy.

[Guest IguanaKing]

Heh...that's funny to see a FlightSuits link come up in this thread. I do business with them all the time for repairing various components on HGU-55s.

[dynamocl]

http://www.silvermans.co.uk/Silver/docs/topframe.htm an old mail order military surplus kit retailer in the UK used to stock those kind of jackets ages ago. just had a quick look could only find USAF equivalent.

 

Have a look around - but silvermans have always been know for charging a little over the odds.

[Cosmonaut]

I couldn’t find one that matched yours either :( but here’s a search for flight jackets that may help you set a price http://search.ebay.co.uk/ws/search/SaleSearch?sofocus=bs&satitle=flight+jacket&sacat=11450%26catref%3DC5&amp%3Bsspagename=h%3Ah%3Aadvsearch%3AUk&from=R7&nojspr=y&pfid=0&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&fcl=3&frpp=50

[Groove]

I will ask a military shop here in my town for you :D

[zenTera]

Do a search on ebay with "Fliegerjacke" or "Pilotenjacke". Just did a quick search and found 408 items, including at least one like yours on the first page. Maybe you should also include the search word "leather", because there seem to be a lot of them made of polyamid instead of leather

[Woodstock]

Hi BRD,

 

1st, yes these Jackets are still used in the German Airforce and German Army.

I don´t know how much a new original costs since they are not being sold to the civilian public. Used ones like yours are sometimes sold privately on ebay or via military surplus stores.

There are some good copies available on the civilian market, made from real leather and in good quality, prices starting around € 200.- for a new one.

If your friend is a good friend, I´d suggest you sell it to him for the € 60.- that you once paid yourself. That´d be a good deal for you and still a bargain for him... IMHO

 

Greetz!

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

D'Oh, I am an idiot! It is a German jacket, so of course I should have been looking on Ebay.de (not Ebay.co.uk) and for "Fliegerjacke" or "Pilotenjacke".

Thanks zenTera, I found a used jacket on ebay.de as an example (at about the price that Woodstock suggested). So now both my friend and I will feel OK about € 60 being a fair price.