old jumpers

While rumaging through a few clothing bins in the garage , I came up with these 2 old dusty  jumpers.

One is an undressed blues jumper, the other, is a tailored  dress blues  jumper made in Yokosuka Japan..

Both were extensively used by me way back then and show  my  rank/ rate insignia.

The undress jumper was worn on watches and work details when a dress jumper was not required..

Only real difference between dress and undress jumpers  is the lack of stars and stripes on the back flap and wrists.
( BTW, back flap is a carry over from ancient time  when sailors greased their hair into a ponytail ; it was used to keep the grease from staining  the nape,{ back of the neck } ).


                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                  


S

Cool, the dragon is very stylish.

Dragon is from the Phillipines, if I remember corectly. Came off another tailor made dress blues jumper..

Young ripcord pointing at the camera for Italian Naval Aviation cadets aboard USS F D Roosevelt in Naples ..( 1975 )



                                                                                     











S

Love 'em!!! If you ever get rid of them let me know! I'm an old A/P and still find time to bend a wrench on a bird now and then. AMM is my favorite navy rate. No ship's tab on the right sleeve?

Fins....

Thanks Fins,

Those things have been in one or another box for the past 40 years..

Insignia is for an ADJ3  or  Aviation Machinist Mate ; what is now an AD. Powerplants/ Fuel systems .
I still occasinally turn a wrench myself, but only on old cars .

I did notice that there are no ship, or  squadron tabs .
Distinctly remember having at least one dress blues with a FITRON84  tab.
This means there are more somewhere..

S

Very nice You are now part of history.

Ancient history, G  

Thanks,

Would be great if other members might post jumpers that are  in their collections ( or boxes in the garage ).

S

I'll work on it. There's at least 30 in the basement dating from the civil war up. A few that come to mind are WW1 and 2 corpsman, aircrewman from the USS Wasp from around when she hit the USS Hobson, China sailor from the 30's, Polar Bear liberty cuffs, dragons, rainbow wave design, and one from a gunner's mate at the Bikini tests.

Fins...