I 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 is 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 from the British reefer jacket and create their own peacoat which, though updated though various iterations, only ceased to be issued in 2020.
This particular example is from the heyday of the peacoat, WW2. This style of tag places the manufacturing toward the very end of the war, around 1945.
Condition
Very very good - it's been issued but seemingly only used lightly. You can still see a fresh tag and tailors chalk on the lining! There is a little light mothing/scuffing to the very outer layer (a fine layer of furry wool that covers the outside of the shell), though I could only see two pinprick holes in the left elbow. A very good example.
Size
- Tagged a 38
- Fits a medium
- Pit to pit 21" - This fits my 40" chest absolutely perfectly.
- Shoulder to shoulder 19"
- Shoulder to cuff 25"
- Collar to hem 31"