US Navy Early-Mid WW2 Peacoat with Embroidered Dragon - Size 38 pit to pit 23"

pit to pit 23"

so likely manufactured in the pre/early war period

Worn by marines in hot climates when it non-combat roles and off-duty

collar to hem 29"

and this pattern would go on to be used into the 90s

US Navy Early-Mid WW2 Peacoat with Embroidered Dragon - Size 38 pit to pit 23"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