Vintage belted back shop coat?

[Maj.Nick Danger]

For workwear, this coat has some sharp and stylish details. Don't recall ever seeing a shop coat like this. Is it rare?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150755274256&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#vi-desc

 

[Peacoat]

Don't know if it is rare, but it is certainly overbuilt. Looks more like an overcoat.

My shop coat looks like a shop coat. Of course it doesn't have the style this one has, but then no one sees me wearing it except my wife and maybe an old buddy when we are getting dirty.

I would say it is rare, and getting more so every year. It is too nice to get dirty.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

It has a sort of military look to it, with all it's details. Maybe a mechanic's shop coat?

 

[Jack Burton]

That's pretty cool. Though it looks a little fancy and dangerous for a shop coat. I'm guessing it's a military overcoat for someone who wasn't very important yet. I dunno...some type of cadet, NATO person, marching band etc.? There is no tag in it?

EDIT: medical corps, maintenance control?

 

[Tkecks]

Greatcoats of the US Marine Corps have similar looking cuffs; not french cuffs, as these are stitched down, but fancy looking. Other US military forces do not have cuffs like that, typically being plain, or braided in some officers.

This isn't a greatcoat (WW2 was thick wool, later vietnam are serge; this is neither), but I imagine it could be some sort of USMC work-gear, or maybe something made for warmer weather?

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

I was thinking maybe foreign military. Dutch? French?? Certainly not an overcoat because the fabric looks to be cotton like denim maybe. And that patch pocket on the front is for pencils, maybe a pack of smokes, or odds and ends. Not something that would be seen on an outerwear type coat. The seller has 2 of these, and what looks like matching overalls.

 

[pipvh]

Could MC be 'MotorCycle?" It has a certain dispatch-rider look about it.