1960's reversible tweed Lawman coats

[tropicalbob]

Just looking at another thread just now got me thinking of my high school days in Baltimore in the mid-1960's. Does anyone remember the reversible "Lawman" coat? One side was canvas and the other was either a very nice tweed or a navy blue serge. They were immensely popular, but I've never seen one on ebay, or anywhere else for that matter. Was it only a Baltimore style?

 

[tropicalbob]

Further details: the coat had a shawl collar, so that if you wore the tweed side on the outside you had a canvas collar,and, of course, vice versa. It also had handwarmer pockets on both sides. Many thanks if anyone can point me in the right direction.

 

[Dinerman]

Like this?

 

[tropicalbob]

This is very similar but not exact, as the ones I remember were copies of the one worn by Marshall Dillon on the "Lawman" tv show and had a longer and wider collar. I think they began with brown suede and then expanded into herringbone Harris tweeds of , I remember noting at the time, a wide variety of colors. And thanks.

 

[pipvh]

I'm about 99% sure that Dinerman's coat was made by Invertere of Newton Abbot down here in Devon, which closed a few years ago.

 

[tropicalbob]

I'm sure you're right with regard to Dinerman's photo, but the ones I remember were, as I said, slightly different in the details, although very uniform in the manufacture. Because they were so wildly popular among my peers at that time and place, and the fact that I haven't seen any on the bay or elsewhere, I wonder if it wasn't a strictly local thing.