I think you did the exactly right thing in cleaning that jacket. Gently wash with a mild detergent, and whatever oils were stripped, you replenished with multiple treatments of Pecards. This jacket is good for another 50 years.
ID will be tough because this maker, for some reason, never used labels. The bit about the fur in cuffs is interesting. My bet is a small maker of custom cop jackets from the 50s. But no badge holders. A mystery. Not sure it is a Monarch, tbh.
Yes. The leather protector strip in the neck area is one of the distinguishing features of these jackets. None of them (and I have seen maybe five) has a label
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