Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

[Dudley]

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.

This coat has 8 buttons showing, not six as described in the dating guide.

 

[Peacoat]

This coat has 8 buttons showing, not six as described in the dating guide.

You are confusing me. Please post an image of the coat and the tag to which you are referring. WWII coats have 8 buttons showing; post WWII coats have 6 buttons showing.

 

[Dudley]

You are confusing me. Please post an image of the coat and the tag to which you are referring. WWII coats have 8 buttons showing; post WWII coats have 6 buttons showing.

Sorry for confusing you. This is the jacket. It is six buttons, but the photo appears that buttons are missing. The other photo's confirm the six button because of the button openings.

 

[Peacoat]

Sorry for confusing you. This is the jacket. It is six buttons, but the photo appears that buttons are missing. The other photo's confirm the six button because of the button openings.

It appears that buttons are missing because the lapels aren't in their normal configuration. It is a six button coat.

 

[Dudley]

You are confusing me. Please post an image of the coat and the tag to which you are referring. WWII coats have 8 buttons showing; post WWII coats have 6 buttons showing.

It is an odd, confusing coat.. While it is six button, the collar resembles an eight button. There are not eight button holes.

 

[Peacoat]

If you close the lapels to their normal position, it should look like a standard 6 button coat.

 

[Dudley]

If you close the lapels to their normal position, it should look like a standard 6 button coat.

Is this a 1949 jacket?

 

[Peacoat]

Is this a 1949 jacket?

Yes, see my previous message wherein I said it was a 1949 coat. You quoted that message, so surely you saw it. Yes, this is a 1949 peacoat.

 

[Dudley]

Yes, see my previous message wherein I said it was a 1949 coat. You quoted that message, so surely you saw it. Yes, this is a 1949 peacoat.

Thanks again. I believe your comment was on O’dubhghaill’s jacket. I was asking for your thoughts on my jacket. Since the tag had a different contract number, I thought that might be significant. Take care.

 

[spotmark]

I know that the red, DC, stamped on the names stenciled on the coats means, discarded. The WWII coat I just bought also has, nr, on the tag. Anyone know what that means?

 

[hjv2]

I know that the red, DC, stamped on the names stenciled on the coats means, discarded. The WWII coat I just bought also has, nr, on the tag. Anyone know what that means?

It's a DC stamp. Zoom and look closely to the picture.

 

[spotmark]

It's a DC stamp. Zoom and look closely to the picture.

Ah, yes. Thank you.

 

[spotmark]

Sorry to double post, but my WWII coat just arrived and I wanted to show it off. For an ~80 year old coat, it is in absolutely fantastic condition. There's one little tear along the top of the left sleeve liner. Not even a tear. Just the stitching pulled out about two inches. It will be nothing to sew it up and the coat will be mint. Even the throat latch is present. I'm thrilled.

 

[Peacoat]

Thanks again. I believe your comment was on O’dubhghaill’s jacket. I was asking for your thoughts on my jacket. Since the tag had a different contract number, I thought that might be significant. Take care.

Sorry. I didn't know wich tag you were referring to. Probably best to attach a picture of the specific tag you are questioning.

Good question as to the contract number, but I still think it is a 1949 coat.

 

[Dudley]

Sorry to double post, but my WWII coat just arrived and I wanted to show it off. For an ~80 year old coat, it is in absolutely fantastic condition. There's one little tear along the top of the left sleeve liner. Not even a tear. Just the stitching pulled out about two inches. It will be nothing to sew it up and the coat will be mint. Even the throat latch is present. I'm thrilled.

Feels good to throw the jacket on. They just wrap around you, and you feel secure. Congrats

 

[Peacoat]

Ah, yes. Thank you.

So what did you see that I have not?

 

[spotmark]

So what did you see that I have not?

That it's actually DC and not nr. The stamp was just too big for the label so parts of the D and the C extend into the liner.

 

[Dudley]

That it's actually DC and not nr. The stamp was just too big for the label so parts of the D and the C extend into the liner.

Good eyes!

 

[spotmark]

Good eyes!

I didn't see it, originally. HJV2 is the one who caught it.

 

[Peacoat]

Yes, I saw it was DC all along. You confused me by saying it was NR. That is the second time I was confused in the last part of this thread.