I hadn’t realized there were different designs. Cool. The button sizes and distance between them is standardized so the pattern I had made still will function.
Some time ago, I was looking for a pattern for the detachable throat latch that was a feature of Navy overcoats before & during WWII (including the enlisted peacoat & officer’s bridge coat). These were needed to keep the fold-down collar in the upright position during windy, cold, and rainy...
To supplement your research, official references actually go back further in time. The earliest reference to outerwear that I‘m aware of is 1841 regs and limits itself to the overcoat. The next set of regs is the famous 1852 regs, famous because these are the ones with some actual photo...
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