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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    One of the top buttons is used to hold the flap when flipping the collar up and folding it over. Is the other top button decorative?
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I have a question about the button count on a peacoat. How many buttons is a peacoat supposed to have in total? For example, a modern melton wool peacoat would have eight on the outside (six showing and two beneath the collar flaps) and one on the inside, correct?
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I realize I probably didn't answer your question. I think they would entertain an offer, but the starting price is set so high, that even if they took 50% off, it would still be $100.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I am certain you are more knowlegeable about peacoats than I am. I paid $25 for my Sterlingwear 40L, new, a few years ago on eBay. Now, even with buttons missing and moth tracks, sellers routinely ask $80, $100, etc. for older peacoats. What do think is a fair price for the 40XL? Using Peacoat's...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Here are pictures of two different 40XL peacoats. One can see that the distance from the bottom button hole to the button hem was different even though the body length was identical. The button stance is higher at the bottom of one coat than the other. I checked to confirm. The button stance on...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Peacoat, that is a fair question. I honestly cannot remember if I saw a picture of the tag though I feel certain I did. I peppered them with questions about the measurements (body length, sleeve length, button stance, etc) and they all matched measurements I have of 40 XL peacoats.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I am hesitating because it's priced at $200, which seems a bit much, plus I know the coat would be too long on me in the body and it would need to be shortened and I don't know how good
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Several years ago now, Vintage Trends had a Kersey peacoat from 1967 in a size 40XL. I did not buy it because it did not have corduroy pocket linings and they were asking what seemed to me a pretty steep price, $175 plus shipping and no returns. A mistake on my part? Possibly, but then I never...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Thank you. I deleted the extra post.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Roger that. The 40XL (the one with the label I posted) would be too long in the body, though. Can a tailor shorten the coat? Would it look odd?
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I currently own a peacoat from the 80s made of melton wool by Sterlingwear in a size 40L. It fits well in the body, but was a bit short in the arms so a tailor let out the sleeve hems and I gained about a inch in length. As I mentioned, I have been on a quest for a kersey wool peacoat in a size...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I came across a peacoat that was manufactured in 1973 of melton wool. That would suggest that if all contractors were held to the same specifications then all peacoats manufactured in 1973 would have been made with melton wool regardless of whether it was labeled as such.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    So, one contractor could not decide to use melton wool while another contractor opted to use kersey wool in the making of their peacoats? They would both to have use the same type of wool that was specified for that year.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Did the US Navy specify the type of wool to be used? And if all peacoats were required to be manufactured to the same military specifications, wouldn't that imply all contractors had to use the same type of wool, whether it was kersey wool or melton wool?
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Thank you gentlemen for your prompt replies to my inquiry. I am deciding between this coat and a couple of others. From what I read in your Peacoat Dating Guide, if I understand correctly, peacoats prior to 1980 were made of kersey wool with the exception of one contract in the '70s that...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Gentlemen, I have been searching for the elusive kersey wool peacoat in a size 40 Long or 40 Extra Long since, well, for a really long time and came upon this one, but the label does not resemble any labels I have seen in the past. What do you think? Is it the real thing? It reads COAT MN'S...
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