Rare Vintage US Navy Dress Blue Crackerjack Jumper Uniform Dragon Liberty Cuff Zipper. Thank you for your interest! This very nice, Rare, Vintage, US Navy Dress Blue Crackerjack Jumper Uniform, featuring custom Dragon Liberty Cuff and Zipper. Overall, the uniform is in excellent condition. The white stripes have become a little discolored over time, but to be expected. Please see the pictures! This awesome, Rare, Vintage, US Navy Dress Blue Crackerjack Jumper Uniform with Dragon Liberty designs on top and pants, with a Zipper on the top, does not have a size on it, but here are the measurements. 17 ½ across the shoulders. 24 neckline to bottom of shirt. According to Daniel D. Smith, SCPO, USNR (Ret), As a young third class petty officer I once had a set of Navy dress blues’tailor made’ in San Francisco, California. Ever since that time I have had a fascination with’liberty cuffs. Liberty Cuffs are those embroidered patches sewn inside the cuffs of Navy dress blue uniforms. These uniforms are worn by Navy enlisted men, pay grades E-2 through E-6. The patches (liberty cuffs) were sewn, usually by a uniform tailor using a hidden stitch. This resulted in a regulation looking uniform when the cuffs were in place and buttoned, but displayed when the sailor was on liberty and unbuttoned and rolled the cuff up one roll to display the fancy designs. Liberty cuffs were found all over the fleet, and in many state side uniform tailor shops. But, they were most commonly made in Asian ports. In fact, the oldest versions of these fancy inside cuffs were often attributed to’China Station sailors,”China Fleet sailors,’ or’China sailors,’ for short. The customizing of the inside of Navy blue jumpers dates back to the late 1800s. The historical time-line of’liberty cuffs’ is not well documented. Sailors as mementos of visits to Asian ports. Asian hand stitched silk dragon designed actual liberty cuffs have been dated to the 1930s. Tailor-made dress blues had more fancy decorations than just the’liberty cuffs. Many tailor-made jumpers had zippers on one side, or even both sides, to facilitate easy dressing and removal of the jumper. Many had silk designs sewn in the inside/back side of the jumper. In this case, these tailor-made pants also have custom silk stitching. What a great addition this Rare, Vintage, US Navy Dress Blue Crackerjack Jumper Uniform with Dragon Liberty designs on top and pants, with a Zipper on the top, would be to your collection, or as a very special gift! Please don’t let this awesome, Rare, Vintage, US Navy Dress Blue Crackerjack Jumper Uniform with Dragon Liberty designs on top and pants pass you by! You will now easily be able to see what’s new in our store at any time, and save a link to our store. Search for “erickson’s emporium”. Select “Erickson’s Emporium” as listed below. Be the first to shop our new listings which are posted daily!