VINTAGE '60's Official Boy Scouts of America L/S SHIRT!! Adult Small, Made in USA!! Very Cool!

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hi how do you now it's from the 1960's?

Jan 5th, 2012 at 12:07:10 AM PST by

Well, I sold & bought Vintage-(all types)-Clothing & accessories for years, for a store near DC. So, you learn different ways depending upon which type of item, it is.The RN # on the Label, as well as the Label itself, can help "narrow" the year very closely. Although the RN # cannot tell you when the shirt was made, there is a formula used~mathematical, to give you an Estimated Year of Issue. What it tells you is
the earliest date the garment could have been made. Some companies may keep the same RN # as long as they are in business. If something has an RN # of 13670 or higher, it cannot be older than 1959. The Label, on the shirt is Horizontal, and narrower than the "newer" more "square" Labels. The fabric of this shirt, has a lighter-weight twill look & feel, not all cotton. Other factors are; the Epaulets were no longer used in this way during the '70's. These older ones had either Red, or Navy Ribbon. The collar is a bit pointed & the stitching is basically single-stitched. So based on the above, and seeing many of these, it is most likely from the mid-late '60's. If I made any error, I would say 1970, at latest, but going with my best estimate date, I believe it is from the mid '60's. Thanks for the question!

Jan 5th, 2012 at 7:18:30 AM PST by

What a great answer, and thanks for the education! I love that...

Jan 5th, 2012 at 8:35:09 AM PST by

thanks:) you know about 18 yrs ago, there were not quite the resources we now have, so much of the info on vintage clothing you had to try to get from others you might be competing with, a process. of course when you found a piece, sometimes you Just knew at a look there was something different about it. upon a closer look, I wouldn't part with it, for the money Too cool would wear them or it, until I was ready to sell! Take care:)

Jan 5th, 2012 at 5:21:36 PM PST by

i am a boyscout and that shirt looks about the same as the 1970's shirt, fanned and wathcing

Jan 6th, 2012 at 3:40:23 PM PST by

Hi, it could as I put in one answer to a comment be from 1970. Thanks for watching:)

Jan 6th, 2012 at 4:22:54 PM PST by

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