{"product_id":"real-mccoys-2-aces-high-limited-60-horsehide-flight-jacket","title":"Chaqueta de vuelo A-2 “Aces High” de edición limitada de The Real McCoy’s, de piel de caballo, contrato Rough Wear, 60 unidades, talla 34","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Yokosuka \u0026amp; Amekaji\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eOne of sixty serial-numbered pieces from the old Real McCoy’s period, this horsehide A-2 on a Rough Wear contract pattern carries an “Aces High” mural across the back, a twin-fighter tribute to the mythology of American air combat. It is at once garment, commemorative panel and a document of Japanese reproduction culture at its most ambitious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis limited Real McCoy’s A-2 is a Japanese collector interpretation of the wartime flight jacket that turns the familiar silhouette into a commemorative aviation canvas. Built on a Rough Wear Clothing Co. named-contract horsehide body and produced during the old Real McCoy’s era, it carries the qualities collectors assign to the brand’s most admired period: close contract study, serious materials, disciplined patterning and a reverence for military garment culture that pushed reproduction toward historical devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse is given over to an expansive “Aces High” mural. Large-format lettering crowns the composition, a winged central device bridges military heraldry and custom jacket culture, and beneath it two fighters float in cloud space like memorial portraits, each given room to breathe. Heraldic wing motifs, squadron-style references, named aircraft and ace notations, and P-51 Mustang ace iconography anchor the panel in specific aviation history rather than generic warbird art. The back art theme is “Aces High” \/ The Oxford Boys, a twin fighter ace tribute, and the artwork and lining presentation carry a thematic association with the aces Bud Anderson and Chuck Yeager, two names that connect the jacket to the wider canon of elite fighter narrative, speed, technical mastery and postwar legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front is comparatively restrained. A chest emblem, with insignia and patch language, balances the jacket and keeps it from becoming back-heavy, so that front and back together read as a complete collector garment rather than a plain reproduction with one special panel. The layout, with its typography, winged insignia, cloud framing and dual-aircraft arrangement, has the rhythm of a commemorative panel: nose art translated into collector leather and tightened through Japanese design discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld Real McCoy’s horsehide is the platform that allows this to work. The leather has body and density enough to hold shape, natural sheen and shadow variation, and a deep seal to dark russet brown tone with strong blackened depth, so that the painted imagery sits convincingly. Large painted fields can look weak on inferior leather; here the hide reads substantial and gives the back panel a legitimate canvas. The Rough Wear pattern brings the silhouette language A-2 collectors trust: broad collar authority, a muscular front balance and an unmistakable A-2 stance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Japan the A-2 was not merely copied but studied, rebuilt and argued over, and old Real McCoy’s stood near the center of that movement. This piece does not pretend to be untouched wartime issue; it interprets the mythology of wartime fighter aces through a premium Japanese collector lens, and so speaks to several collectors at once: the A-2 pattern purist who values contract lineage, the old McCoy’s devotee, the aviation art collector who seeks narrative back panels, and the archive fashion collector looking for one dramatic centerpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Real McCoy’s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eModel:\u003c\/strong\u003e A-2 “Aces High” custom art model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContract Style:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rough Wear Clothing Co. named-contract reproduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e Old Real McCoy’s period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Horsehide leather shell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deep seal \/ dark russet brown with strong blackened tonal depth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Limited 60-piece issue with serial numbering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hanger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack Art:\u003c\/strong\u003e “Aces High” \/ The Oxford Boys twin fighter ace tribute; heraldic wing motifs, cloud framing, named aircraft and ace notations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Motifs:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-51 Mustang ace iconography, wartime squadron tribute, aviation hero culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNamed Figures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bud Anderson \/ Chuck Yeager thematic association in the artwork and lining presentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLining:\u003c\/strong\u003e Believed to bear signatures \/ presentation markings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrong, visually impressive overall: a preserved example with light use and storage character rather than hard field wear, presented as a collector-grade vintage-style reproduction rather than a mint archive specimen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeather retains a rich, dimensional surface with light general wear, natural hits (atari), mild tonal shifts and lived-in variation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocalized verdigris or oxidation on certain metal hardware components.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZipper and hardware functioning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack art preserved and still reads boldly from a distance and in close view.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo major structural failure evident in the images.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSizing Note\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 34 narrows the field for pure wearability, but suits Japanese archive collectors, women collectors, smaller-framed wearers and display-first collectors, for whom a tightly proportioned example frames well as a collector artifact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn old-period Real McCoy’s A-2 built on the Rough Wear Clothing Co. named-contract pattern, from a limited 60-piece issue with serial numbering. The lining is believed to bear signatures and presentation markings tied to the Bud Anderson \/ Chuck Yeager theme; these are attributed rather than documented. Every piece is examined and documented in Japan before dispatch and is offered with the Japonista authenticity guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Returns follow our \u003ca href=\"\/es\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. Pieces over $1,000 may be reserved over several payments with \u003ca href=\"\/es\/pages\/japonista-layaway-privilege-program\"\u003eLayaway Privilege™\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinue browsing: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/vintage-military-flight-jacket-nose-art\"\u003eMilitary Flight Jackets\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/american-casual-amekaji-and-wagara-fashion\"\u003eAmekaji \u0026amp; Wagara Fashion\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-related\"\u003eRelated pieces: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/products\/real-mccoys-2-deerskin-hells-angels-avg-war-art-colors\"\u003eReal McCoy’s deerskin Hell’s Angels AVG A-2\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/es\/products\/real-mccoys-2-flight-jacket-docs-disciples-full-custom\"\u003eReal McCoy’s Doc’s Disciples A-2 jacket\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/es\/products\/toys-mccoy-a2-tail-wind-pinup-flight-jacket-36\"\u003eTOYS McCOY A-2 “Tail Wind” pin-up jacket\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Yokosuka \u0026amp; Amekaji\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eYokosuka Archive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particular size, motif or decade in mind? 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Name the maker, the embroidery and the chest measurement, and the Hunting Salon™ watches for it on your behalf. \u003ca href=\"\/es\/pages\/hunting-salon%E2%84%A2\"\u003eRequest a jacket search →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-search\"\u003eCollectors also search: real mccoys aces high a-2 · real mccoys limited a-2 horsehide · rough wear a-2 reproduction jacket · a-2 jacket bud anderson chuck yeager · old real mccoys flight jacket size 34 · painted back a-2 flight jacket · p-51 mustang ace art leather jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Real McCoy's","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52253343220005,"sku":null,"price":3320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/8829\/6229\/files\/RealMcCoy_sA-2ACESHIGHLimited60HorsehideFlightJacketRoughWearCustomArtBudAndersonChuckYeagerSize34_1.png?v=1776783038","url":"https:\/\/japonista.com\/es\/products\/real-mccoys-2-aces-high-limited-60-horsehide-flight-jacket","provider":"Japonista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}