I'd say maybe later-mid twenties to early-mid thirties.
I LOVE LOVECRAFT!!!!!!!! Yes! Thank you sir! Glad you like it too. It's my baby. I just wish it was a bit colder in Southern California than it is....I've got another heavy-weight charcoal gray herring-bone model, DB, but with black fur lining and collar with brown leather buttons but it's so hot I can't stand wearing it here. It's for horse-riding. I usually wear my herring-bone model with my green herring-bone tweed suit, a buff waist-coat, and tan leather ankle boots with a detachable collar and bow-tie for when I go to the museum or country themed anything, or polo matches.
1. If differences in cloth and construction do not speak to the quality of the garment, what does?
2. Comparing a heavy wool overcoat issued by the military with a heavy wool overcoat sold in a retail store on Main Street is perfectly valid, at least in ares of the world where weather matters.
My point is that military coats are different animals and should not be compared to civilian coats. Just as a hand sewn Oxxford camel hair polo coat would not hold up to the rigors of military use, a military coat machine made with coarse, stiff, heavy cloth would be undesirable for civilian use. The characteristics that are a plus for military demands are a negative for civilian use where comfort and style trumps function.
1. If differences in cloth and construction do not speak to the quality of the garment, what does?
2. Comparing a heavy wool overcoat issued by the military with a heavy wool overcoat sold in a retail store on Main Street is perfectly valid, at least in ares of the world where weather matters.
Yes, private purchase officers' garments. Ah, every time I have some vintage tailor made uniform, I wish it would be a civilian suit of THAT quality.
Pictures please?! Followed the link, no dice. How about it Mustangman3000? What is the cut like on your first over-coat? How exciting! Congratulations! Alright, so; colour, db or sb, number of buttons, lapel style, pocket style, number of exterior pockets, does the back vent have weather buttons, and finally length (above the knee, knee length, shin-length, ankle length? Let's hear it sir! Or just take a few pictures and post em. A pictures can be worth a thousand words....