![]() You can find the Blackinton pattern used on a fair number of airline wings, post WWII. Blackinton was also making their pattern wings from WWII and probably well into the KW time period. AECo was out of business by 1948 or so, so at least we know that the AECo-pattern wings are more than likely WWII vintage. On another note, I've always felt that the "First Pattern/Second Pattern/Third Pattern" dating of Luxenberg wings to be very artificial and more based on collector's feelings than data. Thus, from everything I have seen, I would be inclined to argue that Luxenberg (as a military outfitter) was probably active during WWII and post WWII. Also, he seemed to have tried to focus on higher ranked military officers. ![]() ![]() That makes sense, as I can imagine the depression and relatively low number of soldiers in the 20's and 30's would have made making a profit difficult. But, all things considered, you really don't find m(any) Luxenberg-marked militaria (either uniforms/insignia) that seems to have been made prior to 1942. I did find a reference to him visiting a tailor shop in 1927 or so, so he was either actually working as a tailor or as a salesmen for other tailor's shops. Is is much less clear what he was doing prior to WWII, but it seems that he was probably a salesman/tailor in New York. I also found a blurb from a1950's vintage Stars and Stripes newspaper that states that Morry Lunxenberg was going to be visiting 6-7 PX in Germany to sell uniforms, etc. ![]() I think he was married in 1928 or so, and the 1940 census has him listed as a salesman/manufacturer (via ancestry). ![]() Thus, you will find marked hats and such from WWII up into the VN era. I did some quick research, but it appears that as a military outfitter, Morry Luxenberg started around WWII (he was born in 1892 and died in 1968) and continued until his death. ![]()
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