{"product_id":"vintage-80s-bomber-jacket-clear-sky-lodge-copy","title":"Vintage Turkish Institutional Jacket - America's Last Frontier","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIstanbul, 1929. Alaska, sometime after. One jacket carrying both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA gabardine jacket originally issued by the Kimevi Müdürlüğü — the Dormitory Directorate of Istanbul — inventory number 386, dated 1929. At some point, it crossed an ocean and found its way to an Alaska embroidery shop, where a craftsman stitched the full Alaska Last Frontier scene across the back — mountain goat charging through a spruce-lined alpine scene, ALASKA arcing above — and placed an enraged walrus crackling with lightning bolts on the chest. The embroidery bleeds through onto the quilted lining, so the whole scene lives on the inside too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is how mid-century military souvenir jackets were made. Soldiers and travelers would take government-issued or institutional garments to local embroiderers — often working out of small shops near military installations — and have custom scenes stitched in as a record of where they'd been. That this particular base garment originated in Istanbul in 1929 makes it among the most historically layered examples of the form. Two countries. A century of history. Nothing else like it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDetails:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eVintage gabardine outer shell, quilted lining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTurkish institutional issue — Kimevi Müdürlüğü, Istanbul, item no. 386, dated 1929\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAlaska Last Frontier embroidery — mountain goat and alpine scene on back, walrus on chest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eEmbroidery visible through quilted interior lining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSnap closure, point collar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSize L — approx. 22.8\" chest, 24.8\" length\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMid-century military souvenir jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eOne of a kind — no restock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"eBay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50183444267201,"sku":"VTG_BMB_005","price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/2082\/7329\/files\/s-l1600_37.webp?v=1777931228","url":"https:\/\/bunkhaus.com\/products\/vintage-80s-bomber-jacket-clear-sky-lodge-copy","provider":"BUNKHAUS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}