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  1. Doctor Damage

    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Hey Peacoat, you'll enjoy this: here's links to download the US Navy Uniform Regulations for 1913, 1922, and 1941: https://ia800200.us.archive.org/22/items/cu31924030896363/cu31924030896363.pdf https://ia800309.us.archive.org/8/items/uniformregulatio00unit/uniformregulatio00unit.pdf...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    I have never run across a guide to the black cuff stripes for officers on bridge coats (and in the Army, greatcoats) so if someone has a guide please post a link. I think generals/admirals had a wide stripe, and other officers had thin stripes, but in what combination I personally don't know...
  3. Doctor Damage

    another peacoat dating question

    Although I've never worked in procurement, my sense is that the military purchases garments in waves, and would issue stuff for several years after the "date" of the garment. I've noticed this with nomex flight jackets, and it probably follows (to a greater or lesser degree) with USN peacoats too.
  4. Doctor Damage

    Fur coats?

  5. Doctor Damage

    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #6 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Let’s go back in time for a moment. Here’s where these coats came from, the old “watch coat” worn by USN officers. Unlike the old watch coats, the modern bridge coats are not meant to be worn on day-to-day shipboard duty so they have become thinner, lighter...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #5 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS This coat has another label. The bottom button is missing on the front. These images are useful since they illustrate the thick shoulder padding used in these coats and how the rear half-belt helps drape the cloth. This coat seems particularly well cut...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #4 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Here’s several standard bridge coats listed on e-Bay over the past year. The design of these things is more or less standard, but the labels seem to be different with each manufacturer or retailer. On this coat note the buttons to close the rear vent. The large...
  9. Doctor Damage

    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #3 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS There’s a women’s version of the bridge coat and it buttons the other side (naturally) and has either 6 or 8 gold buttons on the front (see photos above), and differently shaped collar point (see photo below). This army guy looks like he’s trying to score...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #3 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Here’s a bunch of younger officers and midshipmen cheering. These photos are interesting because they show different types of materials in use. Wool is predominant and the basic coat design is the same as above, but also prevalent is a thin cotton or nylon...
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    U.S. Navy bridge coats

    POST #2 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Now for some real-world photos. The easiest source of bridge coat photos is the annual Army-Navy football game. If you look closely at these photos, you will see some interesting variations in materials, although the design of all of these coats, irrespective of...
  13. Doctor Damage

    Show Us Your OVERCOATS

    Here's a couple of interesting overcoats worn by an actor whose name I forget, I think these were taken during filming something.
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    Show Us Your OVERCOATS

    Alec Guinness in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in a heavy overcoat he wears through most of the series. It's got a very wide double-breasted overlap and those lapels are crazy. It must have been custom made. I've seen him wearing the same coat in a civilian context, i.e. not during filming, so...
  15. Doctor Damage

    General thread about quilted-jackets

  16. Doctor Damage

    General thread about quilted-jackets

    No idea, it's just a random photo. The Liddesdale is the basic Barbour model, or at least it was in the past. I've posted about them before here or maybe on AAAT, the Liddesdale used to have some shaping to the torso but at some point I went to get a new one and they had no shaping and had no...
  17. Doctor Damage

    Cleaning Nylon Flight Wear

    You wore a flight suit, right? How often was that washed?
  19. Doctor Damage

    Cleaning Nylon Flight Wear

    Keep us posted! Hopefully it gets all the fire water out.
  20. Doctor Damage

    Cleaning Nylon Flight Wear

    I wasn't talking about that and I sure wasn't taking Peacoat's experience to be an indication of support for a broader conclusion of cleanliness or non-cleanliness. I'm quite sure in combat zones aircraft rarely get cleaned as often as they should. I have no doubt some nylon jackets and whatnot...
  21. Doctor Damage

    Cleaning Nylon Flight Wear

    Thanks for sharing all these experiences, Peacoat. There is no substitute from hearing from people "who were there".
  22. Doctor Damage

    Cleaning Nylon Flight Wear

    Those soakings weren't water, right?? ;)
  23. Doctor Damage

    General thread about quilted-jackets

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