https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332497693…84.m1436.l2649

In case the link goes dead, here are a couple of pictures from the listing. Anyone who knows anything about WW1 uniforms can tell a mile off that this is a modern repro. Of course the seller might be making a perfectly genuine mistake, but he seems to specialise in militaria so you would think he’d know.

Giving him the benefit of the doubt, I sent him the following message 3 days ago:
"Hi, you have listed this as original but it is an obvious modern copy. The serge is "fluffy", the peak is too large, the peak stitching has a huge gap at the top, the lining material is also wrong and there don’t appear to be any ventilation grommets. I do not know who you are and therefore I don’t know if you are aware of this or not, but I sincerely hope you will do some serious research and either take this listing down or label it as a repro, otherwise you are taking someone’s money on false pretences. Regards, etc."

I received no response to my message so you can draw your own conclusions. I realise caveat emptor applies on ebay but I still get angry when innocent purchasers shell out good money for something worthless in the belief that they are buying a genuine piece of history.