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This is a question for those who served. The peacoat is a heavy bulky item. How was it stored when not in use in the confined quarters of a ship or sub?
Very interesting. Its it for sale? Where did you run across this? The material from the photo gives it a sheen. Not pleasant to my eye.Here is a Russian Navy peacoat. Don't know if it is current issue or not. Close to our WWI peacoat with the high hand warmer pockets and the flapped cargo pockets. Have no idea what the material is, but it isn't Kersey.
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Saw it in Soviet Power, a company that specializes in surplus Soviet gear.Very interesting. Its it for sale? Where did you run across this? The material from the photo gives it a sheen. Not pleasant to my eye.
Oh, it's legit alright with the Kersey wool shell. Doubt that a Navy Captain owned it, though as it is an enlisted peacoat. Officers and Chiefs, while authorized to wear a peacoat, almost always wear the bridgecoat.Just picked up my 1st navy issue peacoat. Seems to be NOS with the claimed original requisition paper included - not really sure if legit but seems to be. Dated 1970. Had been looking for WW2 era ones off and on for a while and jumped at this one based upon the claimed condition.
Not really too sure if I paid too much for the coat but hopefully it's in as good shape as it appears to be. Hope it fits.
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Oh, it's legit alright with the Kersey wool shell. Doubt that a Navy Captain owned it, though as it is an enlisted peacoat. Officers and Chiefs, while authorized to wear a peacoat, almost always wear the bridgecoat.
Never heard of a peacoat "requisition paper." Have no idea what it is.Ah, yes, for sure. I wasn't questioning the authenticity of the coat but rather the requisition paper and whether or not the coat had been used.
Just picked up my 1st navy issue peacoat. Seems to be NOS with the claimed original requisition paper included - not really sure if legit but seems to be. Dated 1970. Had been looking for WW2 era ones off and on for a while and jumped at this one based upon the claimed condition.
Not really too sure if I paid too much for the coat but hopefully it's in as good shape as it appears to be. Hope it fits.
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Looks great. Congratulations.Got it! Coat is pretty awesome. No question, it's never been used since 1970 issue. Amazing to see a coat of this age in this condition (could stand to be pressed/hung -- straight out of the box here, apologies for reflection weirdness from the mirror).
From Peacoat's guide I would say it is.Is this a 1949?
Ever since I read your Peacoat Dating report some years ago, I have been on the hunt for a '49! This one needs some repairs to the lining, but overall is in great shape and in a size 40 no less! Fortunately I have been blessed in finding an elderly Italian seamstress nearby who works wonders on anything I have brought to her. Every one of my peacoats have had the sleeves extended by one inch, at least, by her. She is able to leave a one inch fold under the cuff (originals have about two inches of material folded under the cuff), and she adds additional lining to cover the gap inside, as there is not enough to extend the sleeve that far. Perfect fit now and in compliance with Navy regs for the coat: sleeve to extend to three-quarters of the way down the hand from the wrist to knuckles, which puts the sleeve end at or about the top knuckle of the thumb when arm straight down, slightly bent. Thank you once again Peacoat!!!Congratulations, you have scored a 1949 coat, the one with the nicest finish of them all.
The 1950 tag was the same, but the cleaning instruction labels were added. Don't know that they were added to all of them, but for our purposes, we can presume they were.
I would stop there. The shell changed to Melton in 1980, so anything after 1979 is not as good quality as before. Almost impossible to find one from the 30s, so you have all you need.Okay, now I can't stop myself. This 1966 was too good a deal to pass up. Now I'll have 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 90s coats. Guess I have a few more decades to go.