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I wonder if it's possible to pin this thread for the winter season since it's one of this forum's most popular threads.
Interesting. I have found the 1949 coats have the denser, more velvet like finish than the other years, but I haven't seen any CG coats to compare the finishes.I bought a WWII Coast Guard coat a few years ago. I think it was a size 44, but fit me a tinch small. I resold it on ebay. The Kersey material on that coat was incredible - velvet like, very dense, and very strong. . It was even nicer then my vintage Navy coats. Definitely a different batch of material as compared to my vintage Navy coats. I also have one WWII coat which has great Kersey material, but still not the same as that Coast Guard coat.
Was that emblem a badge that was sewn on or was it actually embroidered to the coat's sleeve?As far as I know, the only differences in the Navy coats and the CG coats are the embroidered CG emblem on the right sleeve.
I've never seen one in the wild, but I have seen pictures of them and have seen descriptions of them.Was that emblem a badge that was sewn on or was it actually embroidered to the coat's sleeve?
Peacoat,Interesting. I have found the 1949 coats have the denser, more velvet like finish than the other years, but I haven't seen any CG coats to compare the finishes.
As the tags are the same, I would think the same manufacturers made them and obtained the fabric from the same source as the Navy coats. As far as I know, the only differences in the Navy coats and the CG coats are the embroidered CG emblem on the right sleeve.
Interesting. I have found the 1949 coats have the denser, more velvet like finish than the other years, but I haven't seen any CG coats to compare the finishes.
As the tags are the same, I would think the same manufacturers made them and obtained the fabric from the same source as the Navy coats. As far as I know, the only differences in the Navy coats and the CG coats are the embroidered CG emblem on the right sleeve.
If the manufacturer didn't follow the specifications their jackets wouldn't pass inspection and they wouldn't get paid.So, one contractor could not decide to use melton wool while another contractor opted to use kersey wool in the making of their peacoats? They would both to have use the same type of wool that was specified for that year.
Greetings All:@Spoonbelly: I wish you had taken a picture of that tag. If you should run across another one, please do so.
I came across a peacoat that was manufactured in 1973 of melton wool. That would suggest that if all contractors were held to the same specifications then all peacoats manufactured in 1973 would have been made with melton wool regardless of whether it was labeled as such.Yes. The type of wool used in the shell, as well as everything else, is, and was, decided by the Navy.
Not necessarily. The Navy could have changed the contract during the year. But it probably did not. Letting contracts and taking bids is time consuming. And for that contract there was probably only one company awarded the contract. If the Navy needed high volume that couldn't be supplied by one contractor, others might be awarded the work, but I think that would normally be unusual.I came across a peacoat that was manufactured in 1973 of melton wool. That would suggest that if all contractors were held to the same specifications then all peacoats manufactured in 1973 would have been made with melton wool regardless of whether it was labeled as such.