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It's definitely not a bridge coat. It looks like a normal peacoat with normal proportions, except for those pocket flaps and the shoulder straps. The length is normal for a post-war peacoat (these aren't as short as many people think). I'm sure you're correct to speculate it was a custom-made coat for a senior petty officer, since it looks standard-issue enough to pass as standard-issue, but obviously has some non-standard-issue details a normal seaman wouldn't get away with. We'll likely never know. Interesting coat! thanks for posting photos!I found this at a thrift shop yesterday and am utterly baffled by it.
It's cut like a 1950s pea coat except for the extra length and made from identical color and quality Kersey as the issue coats. Matching brest pockets with a hidden internal divider about perfect for a pair of glasses and a pair of pockets sized for a pen (or cigar) are cut in the lining of both breasts. The outer pockets feature interesting scalloped button down flaps and the interior is lined in a dense course wool flannel.
All of this would lead me to believe it was a privately tailored garment but for a 1951 dated inspector stamp on the right sleeve liner, and q white paint stencil on the skirt.
It's a lovely jacket heavy, windproof, warm and very flattering to my figure but I alhave exactly no idea what it is other than perhaps a chief petty officer's bridge coat.