1930's DB Navy PS German

[slicedbread]

This suit is a real killer...Attention to detail par none...Great fabric & soft to the touch... Scallopped pocket flaps on the pants as well as a pocket watch pocket...Button fly, waist fasteners as opposed to belt loops as well as suspender buttons...Fully lined jacket. Very wide legged

Flaws: one hole in pants

Measurements:

Jacket:
Chest: 38"
Waist: 36"
Shoulders: 17.5"
Total length: 32"
Arm: 23"

Pants:
Waist: 30
Inseam: 30.5
Total length: 41"
Pant width at bottom of cuff: 11"

True color:

Jacket completely covers hole when worn.

 

[Fletch]

A piece like that deserves a reweave if you can get it to a reputable craftsperson.

Weird how it looks totally brown in some of the pix...

 

[slicedbread]

Thus is the effect of a poor camera and poor lighting...it was dark all day today

 

[Marc Chevalier]

My gosh! I sold this suit years ago! (And I recognize the jacket & trouser labels!)


I found it in one of Santiago de Chile's used clothing stores, which imports old garments from Germany. Won't tell you how little I paid. (Chileans aren't into pre-1970s vintage clothing, so I used to have a field day picking up 1900s-1930s fur overcoats, frock coats, suits, leather coats, even belted back jackets ... all imported from Germany.


This particular suit is from the 1930s. Never did fit me; I bought it to sell in the U.S. Can't even remember who I sold it to.


Small world ...

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[happyfilmluvguy]

Is it actually brown or a different color?

A photo makes my blue suit look brown. Kind of funny. I like the color too. lol

With Mr. Chevalier, what goes around comes around, I guess

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Is it actually brown or a different color?

lol It ain't brown, it's navy blue. A really beautiful suit. A veteran of one world war and three continents!

With Mr. Chevalier, what goes around comes around, I guess

Like a loyal dog, it's come looking for its former master. If this suit fit me, I'd buy it back in a heartbeat.


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[happyfilmluvguy]

lol It ain't brown, it's navy blue. A really beautiful suit. A veteran of one world war and three continents!



Like a loyal dog, it's come looking for its former master. If this suit fit me, I'd buy it back in a heartbeat.


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Now I am wondering how many old photos of men with blue suits are actually wearing brown ones and how many men wearing brown suits are actually wearing...ahhh, nevermind, I'm getting too confused.

 

[slicedbread]

The suit is indeed navy...I put it in the title, but I suppose I should've put it in the description as well...

 

[Mr. 'H']

Marc - what was the position regarding fully lining men's jackets back in the 30s? Why would they have done it in Germany and not in the US?

 

[slicedbread]

By the way marc...How many times have you seen YOUR suits in the hands of another after selling it to a different person??

 

[Rooster]

Dang, another nice suit for sale in a size way to small for me.....I'm starting to feel like the Incredible Hulk!:eusa_doh:

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Marc - what was the position regarding fully lining men's jackets back in the 30s? Why would they have done it in Germany and not in the US?

i'd guess the summer temperatures. Much, much, much hotter in the US than in europe.

bk

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

The suit is indeed navy...I put it in the title, but I suppose I should've put it in the description as well...

I didn't catch the color in the title

 

[Marc Chevalier]

By the way marc...How many times have you seen YOUR suits in the hands of another after selling it to a different person??

Never before now, although I once saw a 1950s Italian motorcycle cop's coat (also found in Chile) on eBay nearly 10 years after I'd sold it. Turns out the guy I'd sold it to then sold it to someone else, who ended up selling it on eBay.

I get a kick out of seeing these things a second time!

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[Marc Chevalier]

Marc - what was the position regarding fully lining men's jackets back in the 30s? Why would they have done it in Germany and not in the US?

Every old German suit jacket I've ever seen has been fully lined. The wool has ranged from fairly heavy to extremely bulky -- we're talking overcoat fabric here.

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[3PieceSuitGuy]

Hello,

Couldn't quite see in the pics, is there any room to let the waist out on the trousers?

Cheers

Peter

 

[Cobden]

A soupcon too big for me

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Sorry, folks, it was sold a while back ... to the boyfriend of an esteemed Lounger!

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