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This Hercules dates to 1956. You do not see Crown zippers often on Hercules products.
This Hercules is a good example of dating the jacket by the zipper. This was a common style in the Sears Catalog through out the 50s so the zipper helps identify it has earlier 50s.
The Conmar Zipper has Conmar on the stop. This was used by Talon in the late 40s. So I date the Conmar to this same time. C.1950
Cool. I always thought my straight zip Cal was late 40s, early 50s. Based on the hide and label. This helps confirm. It has the Conmar zip with Conmar on the stop.
Early Crown. It's interesting that it doesn't have a metal pull and it looks like that's by design. I don't think the leather pull is an after thought since it's in the same hide as the jacket.
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There's no maker's labelNice images! Which jacket is that? The pull for that zip was a simple cloth hanger type, usually pair with a leather pull.
The zipper looks to me like a later addition to wonderful jacket.
These are some I photograph three days ago? Some are talon, others have the spring-loaded puller that Stu markets so well for 250. View attachment 377956