US Navy Mid WW2 Peacoat - Mint Condition - Size 38 Pit to pit 24

Pit to pit 24

This denim garrison cap would have been worn by a seaman studying at the Naval Merchant Marine Academy

Beautiful embroidery to the front

Size 10 US - they fit my 10

Tagged a size 38

US Navy Mid WW2 Peacoat - Mint Condition - Size 38 Pit to pit 24I 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