US Navy Pre-War Peacoat - Good Condition - Size 40 Tagged a 38-40

Tagged a 38-40

Tagged a medium

Pit to pit 23

These have 94 stamped button backs - made in Canada - and come with a correct Lightning brand zipper

Pit to pit 25"

US Navy Pre-War Peacoat - Good Condition - Size 40 Tagged a 38-40I love a good deck jacket, and whilst the blue jungle cloth jacket get most of the attention, it's the humble peacoat that really started it all. The word peacoat stems from the Dutch word 'pije', which means a coat made of thick wool, and and likely comes from the early 18th century. But it was the British and the heyday of the Royal Navy which really made the peacoat synonymous with the sea. The US Navy, in the very late 1800s would take inspiration