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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    What the heck, why not. I'll send an email and see what happens. They have two 1948 coats listed. The tags were "Naval Clothing Depot". I also noticed the prices are still going up. I'm glad I have all of the coats that I have.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    PC, Thanks for the reply. Not sure if you knew, but I believe Vintage Trends has a listing of pea coat contract numbers and what years correspond to those contract numbers. I've been meaning to send them an email for them but haven't as of yet. I should as I have bought a pea coat and 13 button...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Was wondering if we know when the 8 button coats were first issued? The war ended June 1945. They must have still issued 10 button coats up until that time, and probably until all were gone. Perhaps sometime after 1945? We know that 1949 coats exist, but what were issued from '46, '47, and '48...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Just throwing out my two cents here but size 40 is a very common size. If you look a little longer you should be able to find a vintage Kersey size 40 in excellent shape.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I was wondering if there is some way you could buy a new DSCP Melton pea coat through a Navy store or through someone who is currently in The Navy. These would be the current issue Navy coats which I believe, or I could be wrong, are made by Sterlingwear.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Size 48 in a Kersey pea coat is quite rare. I haven't ever seen a size 50 on the internet. They might not exist. You can come across Meltons ( the later material pea coats) in size 50. Every once in a while you will see one on ebay. Actually the first Kersey pea coat I ever bought was a 1965...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I have a '65 that I gave to my son but he never wears it. He wears a store bought pea coat styled one instead. I have another '65 that I wear. Coincidentally, I bought a '49 for my wife (beautiful year for pea coats) but she never wore it either along with a couple of others that she never wears.
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    Coldest Weather I've been in

    Tuesday morning the temp was approx. (-11) - (-12) here in NY , 60 miles north of NYC. I don't remember anything colder then that.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I remeasured my 3 1969 peacoats. They were 25.0, 24.5, and 25.0.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Peacoat, Just wanted to throw this out. I have 3 1969 coats amonst other years which I measured at close to 25 ". They are tagged at size 46 and 46L. They still fit me very well. P. S. - 1969 was a very nice Kersey year. The material is more "velvet like" and darker.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I've had one size 44. It was a WWII that had beautiful Kersey material, but was tight in the chest. Size 48 is RARE in Kersey peacoats.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I also take a 46R or 46L in peacoats. Finding Kersey coats in this size does take a while. I do own a few. After 4 years of searching ebay every single day, I found that was the only way to find these coats in that size. They are few and far between, but if you look long and hard enough you will...
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    Eagerly Awaiting New G&B Civil A-2

    When I first got my Cockpit A-2 the zipper was a little sticky and "tight". I read some where here that if you take carnuba wax (car paste wax) and go over the front and back of the zipper with a little wax and then rub it off it makes the zippers work smooth and friction free. I did that and...
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    Eagerly Awaiting New G&B Civil A-2

    I'm more like WWII military shape. They emailed me and said they had to make it (46 tall in goat seal color), and that I would not get it till 2/15 - bummer.
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    Eagerly Awaiting New G&B Civil A-2

    I live in Hopewell right near 376/52 intersection. We're only a few miles from each other. Hope I don't have to send the new G&B back as I'm hearing that they fit very big.
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    Eagerly Awaiting New G&B Civil A-2

    Thank you for the comments. I live in southern Dutchess Co. My Cockpit was getting lonely. I'm actually a pea coat maven.
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    Eagerly Awaiting New G&B Civil A-2

    Was thinking of supplementing my Cockpit goatskin A-2 with a G&B civil goatskin A-2. They are now offering 15% off in January so I guess I needed to make my move. I've heard that their sizes are pretty large so for the 48 tall Cockpit I ordered, I decided to order a 46 tall seal goatskin from...
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    G&B 15% off sale thru 1-31-15

    Wow. Thank you. I was just at their website yesterday, but did not see anything about that sale. I will probably buy a G&B civil A-2. Actually I was looking at their website not too long ago (1-2 months) and their prices were lower. I think they may have just raised their prices recently, but I...
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    What do you wear in the winter??

    I live in New York. It's pretty cold here now. This week we will have a January deep freeze. Lows are supposed to be single digits up to the teens. In the winter I always wear one of my pea coats. On warmer days I wear my Cockpit A-2. Am thinking about getting a Gibson and Barnes A-2 to...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    And, he would look alot better if that were a dark blue Kersey.

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