US Navy Pre-War Peacoat - Good Condition - Size 40 Pit to pit 25"

Pit to pit 25"

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A super cool 1930s/40s leather wallet complete with embossed Heraldic crest to the front

and it's rather unusual to find a Swiss made watch that would have been issued

Pit to pit 23

US Navy Pre-War Peacoat - Good Condition - Size 40 Pit to pit 25"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 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