I bought a similar peacoat on eBay last year (WW2 10 buttons) and it also has the exact same green color wool or cotton lined pockets and not corduroy lined. Please see my thread #689 on page 69. I carefully checked all the stitchnig and it didn't look like there were replacement pockets' lining.
Here is a good buy for a WW2 era 10-button pea coat with a tag size of 42. However, the pocket is lined with greenish color cotton or wool and not corduroy. Very strange for a WW2 10-button pea coat with no corduroy lined pockets...
One more thing about this WW2 pea coat is that unlike my other two WW2 pea coat, this one doesn't have the triangular pattern stitching on the underside of the collar.
I am glad I was able to post the information of my peacoat to intrigue you. Thanks for the interesting scenario or story behind the plain green pocket lining of a WW2 era peacoat. I am happy that I landed myself a “rare” peacoat and will definitely hang on to it as long as I can. I am always...
I hope I did it right with the photo posting. Posted 3 photos with one showing the tag and two showing the inside of the pocket.
The pocket material is definitely plain and solid green cotton with no ridges. I also looked closely at the stitching next to the pocket and it appeared to me...
I recently bought a WW2 Navy pea coat with all the usual features: 8 front buttons showing and chin strap. The tag on the front of the right inside pocket is identical to the "Peacoat Dating" page that shown the 1945 pristine tag with the size shown. A very unusual WW2 tag that shows the size...
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