US Navy Mid WW2 Peacoat - Mint Condition - Size 38 Good used condition

Good used condition

and actually becoming remarkably hard to find in good condition

Four pocket construction with a nice dark red blanket lining

widely consider by collectors to be 'the last of the good ones'

patented in London in 1884 - it's a wonderful example of industrial revolution period design

US Navy Mid WW2 Peacoat - Mint Condition - Size 38 Good used conditionI love a good deck jacket, and whilst the blue jungle cloth jacket get most of the attention, it's the humble peacoat that really started it all. The word peacoat is stems from the Dutch word 'pije', which means a coat made of thick wool, and and likely comes from the early 18th century. But it was the British and the heyday of the Royal Navy which really made the peacoat synonymous with the sea. The US Navy, in the very late 1800s would take