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  1. Doctor Damage

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    article: https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/photographs-from-a-life-in-the-royal-navy/
  2. Doctor Damage

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Do you know for sure the USN issued some sort of uniform regulation around 1936 that changed the design? On what are you basing that date? As I said earlier, Google isn't coming up with anything official dating from the 1930s. I've never seen photos of RN sailors in peacoats, not during WW2 or...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    Description from the 1883 regulations: Description from the 1897 regulations:
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    1897 Uniform Regulations show the WW1 peacoat was around from that date, at least:
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    1905 Uniform Regulations show the WW1 peacoat: https://ia800202.us.archive.org/18/items/1905UniformRegulationsOfTheUnitedStatesNavy/1905RegulationsUniformsUsNavy.pdf
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Google is not turning up any USN uniform regulations for any year in the 1930s. My guess would be that there was not a major regulation issued but the change was made as an amendment or something, or the change was made without a significant official document. I'll keep searching (casually).
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Uniform Changes Listed: Peacoat Will Get New Convertible Collar Several miscellaneous alterations in uniform regulations have been prepared by BuPers as part of change No. 1, Uniform Regulations, 1947. A new convertible-type collar, permitting men to open the collar at the throat, is an...
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Here's the USN's 2002 regulations on "Management and Control of Leather Flight Jackets" ------------------ OPNAVINST 10126.4C N412J 11 SEP 02 OPNAV INSTRUCTION 10126.4C From: Chief of Naval Operations Subj: MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF LEATHER FLIGHT JACKETS Ref: (a) NAVPERS 18068F (Manual of...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    Further to this, I've flipped through those three uniform regulations and in the second half of each there are illustrations. In the 1913 regulation officers and CPOs have bridge coats ("Overcoats") which are basically the same as pea coats of the era except with larger collars and skirts that...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    Nearly all jackets have that centre seam on the back. Sack is a term often used in the first half of the 20th Century in American contexts and is more related to civilian clothing and typically means coats without front scythes or 'darts' (but this Navy jacket has them, so it's not really a...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    NEW POST Following on from posts #11 and #12 above, here's a coats with rank stripes on the cuffs for a Lt Commander (this was stated in the etsy listing I got this photo from as they named the officer). Here's one for a Captain.
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #12 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Coat with 1 thick, 1 thin cuff stripes, presumably for a Lt. What’s interesting to me about these vintage coats is that their condition is often excellent, which I think demonstrates that many of these coats never got much use.
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #11 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Vintage coats with rank stripes on the sleeve cuffs. According to Peacoat and others, these distinctions were discontinued in the early 1950s (1953?), although it’s possible some officers never bothered to remove the stripes. It’s important to note that these...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #10 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Here’s another coat with a removable liner, which zippers in and out obviously. These photos show nicely the buttons which close the lapels up to the neck and the small black buttons which fasten the rear vent. Interesting that the size is an 'odd' size (35R).
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #9 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Now for the two types of liners which these coats seem to have: (1) normal, non-removable liner, much like you’d see in any civilian overcoat; or (2) removable warm liner, usually zippered. I suspect the cotton/nylon bridge coats likely have a removable liner...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #8 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS More sample labels.
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #7 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Sample labels. I could post the coats to which they’re attached, but they’re all virtually identical and you can’t really tell differences as you can with pea coats. In this series the last two labels are from the same coat. It’s quite evident that a wide...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I just updated the links so that all three go direct to the PDFs. Just click on the links, wait until they load, then save onto your hard drive or whatever. They're all okay/safe sites for downloading, at least in my experience.

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