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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Thank you for your help Peacoat.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I had bought a CG coat quite a few years ago. I never did find out the date of that coat. I did resell back on eBay. It did have the same CG tag as the tag above.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Thank you Peacoat. How is the heat in Tenn? We're not used to these heatwaves up here in NY.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Peacoat - I emailed you a photo of a CG tag. I also bought a CG coat quite a few years ago. It had the same tag. I bought it for either my son or my wife. Since there was no interest in it , I resold it on ebay I have found it pretty hard to interest other people in the Peacoat bug. Lets...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    The CG tags say " US Coast Guard" w/ name and rate under that. I just emailed a photo of a CG tag to Peacoat.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I might not be able to get the photo of the tag to you till tomorrow . I think retirement is busier than having a job.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Hello Peacoat - How are you? I hope everything is good. One of my WWII coats came with no inside tag. Is is however in Excellent shape. It fits me like a size 46, and the sleeves are plenty long enough. Size 46 in a WWII coat is quite rare. My 2nd WWII coat is actually a US Coast Guard coat. I...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    My 2 kersey WWII (the years are questionable), my post WWII coats (1950-1969 all Kersey), and my 2 Melton coats All have black buttons w/ black thread.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I compared my 2 WWII, my 1950 and 2 of my 1969 coats. The buttons on all 5 coats were pretty much identical to the photo of your 1949. There might be very minute and I do mean minute differences. I'm sure these would be attributed to the molds that were used. Every mold I'm sure was not...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Just another 2 cents from me - 1949 might be the exceptional Kersey.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    From what I can see from my coats, maybe there isn't a US Navy button regulation. Hope my two cents helped you. 1949 is almost regarded as the Holy Grail of peacoats. It's an exceptional year.which usually has thick soft Kersey Wool. I'm pretty sure the thread on my coats is cotton.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I remember a few years ago we went through Button Sewing 101. I just looked at a few of my coats both WWII and post war. The anchor buttons are not positioned in any repetitive consistent order. They vary with the top of the anchor facing approx. 60 degrees and being rotated to approx. 270...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Beautiful coat. Looks brand new. Good luck with it.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    WOW, A '49 in that great of shape!!!! And in that size is one hell of a find!!!! Enjoy and good luck.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Was just wondering about the collar and
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I should say the last two digits of the year of manufacturing are included in the contract number.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    The Melton coats also have a label which is hidden inside a pocket on the right side of the coat. . It opens vertically and is under the top third button. The contract number, manufacturer, and date of manufacture are on it. My two Meltons are 2002, and 1995.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I might have assumed that incorrectly. The Melton coats might have been manufactured a tinch larger to acommodate that inside lining.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    The coats look great, but The coats come out great, but I won't do that too often - maybe every couple to a few years.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I'm not sure what affect the cleaner chemicals have on 100% wool. Last year I brought all of my coats to the cleaners. That was a small project in itself. They looked very nice when they got home. The material looks brighter and cleaner. and even slightly darker. Some of the coats in Excellent...

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