US Navy Early-Mid WW2 Peacoat with Embroidered Dragon - Size 38 that feel really substantial

that feel really substantial

so likely manufactured in the pre/early war period

the 1951 Monarch

likely in the very early postwar years around 1945/46

Excellent mint condition

US Navy Early-Mid WW2 Peacoat with Embroidered Dragon - Size 38 that feel really substantialI 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