how authentic is the SCHOTT naval peacoat?

[green papaya]

I bought a heavy peacoat US 740N made by Schott , NYC and I was wondering how authentic they make they're peacoats? did they ever make peacoats for the US NAVY?

did the classic peacoats made during the 40's have a vented back opening? at the bottom

 

[boomerchop]

Typical peacoat I'm familiar with from my Navy days only has three pairs of buttons down the front, rather than the four shown in the picture.

 

[green papaya]

Typical peacoat I'm familiar with from my Navy days only has three pairs of buttons down the front, rather than the four shown in the picture.

I found this photo of a WWII era navy pea coat and it has four rows of buttons, I think the post WWII pea coats have 3 sets of buttons

the WWII peacoat also has a center vent in the back

 

[green papaya]

WWI sailors wearing early pea coats circa 1917 - 1918

here is a World War One era photo of three sailors wearing pea coats
but I cant tell if they have 3 rows of buttons or four?

they're are also two buttons right under the collar, as seen in the photo, they have the coat fully buttoned up

my pea coat has five rows total = 10 buttons

 

[green papaya]

Greely relief expedition 1884

here is a very early photo of some US sailors with pea coats in 1884 , the design hasnt really changed much

 

[boomerchop]

Hmmm,

Here's another thread on peacoats that also has pictures.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=4184

 

[green papaya]

Steve McQueen wearing a us naval pea coat

here is a photo of Steve McQueen from the movie "The Sand Pebbles" the story is about the us navy back in 1926 Shanghai , China

he appears to be wearing a heavy early style of pea coat? I noticed his coat has two flap lower hand pockets? they probablly made different variations of the pea coat over the years.

 

[boomerchop]

I can't see the flaps, but judging by the spacing of the buttons I can see, it might be like your four button pair coat (not counting the 2 buttons at the very top).

 

[green papaya]

I can't see the flaps, but judging by the spacing of the buttons I can see, it might be like your four button pair coat (not counting the 2 buttons at the very top).

the pocket flaps dont show in this photo, I could see it when I was watching the movie.

 

[green papaya]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/cyberdyne101/peacoat1.jpg

I closely examined a current issue USN pea coat at the local surplus store and found that the current issue pea coats are made of a lighter
wt 24 oz wool, the older models were made with a heavier 32 oz wool melton material.

the pea coat I have is based on the older or "classic pea coat" made with 32 oz wool

 

[green papaya]

here's a 1942 vintage USN peacoat with the extra set of buttons just like the SCHOTT pea coat.

 

[scotrace]

Just watched King Kong (original) on TCM, and John Driscoll wears a fine peacoat on board ship.

 

[drizzlyday]

where did u buy your pea coat? and How much was it?

 

[drizzlyday]

was the old peacoat black or blue??

 

[green papaya]

was the old peacoat black or blue??

the old peacoat was a dark "Kersey blue" similiar to dark blue ink

I bought the Schott naval pea coat at Burlington coat factory for $119.00

I also bought a un-issued military pea coat off EBAY for much less
around $60

they both look black, the military coat looks slightly blue?

 

[Matt Deckard]

here is a World War One era photo of three sailors wearing pea coats
but I cant tell if they have 3 rows of buttons or four?

they're are also two buttons right under the collar, as seen in the photo, they have the coat fully buttoned up

my pea coat has five rows total = 10 buttons

Those buttons are so large you can use them to serve dessert.

 

[boomerchop]

Navy blue (black)

The Navy blue used in uniforms today (or at least thru the mid 90's) is black. When I compare my father's WWII dress blues, which were Navy blue, with my own dress blues, which are black, you can clearly see the difference. This changed sometime after the war, probably due to the difficulty matching blues. The Navy has seemingly always been less strict about standardized fabrics than the other services.
Paul

 

[Forrestal]

If you are looking for a ?¢‚Ǩ?ìnon-authentic?¢‚Ǩ? Pea Coat, try a store called Steve and Barry?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s University Sportswear. They have a close enough pea coat for $9.98 (brand new).
I bought one last week. The coat is lighter weight then some pea coats but for $9.98 you can?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t beat it.
Just FYI.
Regards,

Forrestal

 

[jake431]

I am looking for 4 button (well 5 if you button it all the way up like the picture of the WW1 dudes) pea coat. What are my options besides getting lucky on ebay?

-Jake

 

[Jay]

Damn. I just spent 20 minutes looking for the picture of the peacoats with the huge buttons and it's gone.