1948 China Navy Souvenir jacket

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271900878870
This vintage jacket was made in the 1940s as a souvenir of a tour in China. It is a waist length wool jacket, with shirt style pockets and an extension tab waistband. The quality of the wool makes me think the jacket itself was Theatre made rather than a cut down uniform. It is embroidered with dragons on the insides of the cuffs, liberty cuff style, a junk and a rickshaw on the breast pockets, and a dragon on the back. The back reads, “Tsing Tao, Hong Kong, Shanghai, China, 1948”. The front of the jacket bears the original owner’s name, Don C. Yanders, who served aboard submarines during WWII and who was stationed in China in the immediate post-war years.

Chest (pit to pit): 19″ (doubled = 38″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 22″

WWII USMC vest – China souvenir embroidery

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271900896843
This vintage vest was made in the late war period. It is green cotton with an alpaca pile lining. It has a mid-late 1940s round hole Talon zipper, and a full embroidered back with a dragon and the years 1945-1946.

Chest (side to side): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Length: 22″

1930s Red Head half-moon hunting vest

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271901011865
This vest was made in the 1930s by Red Head Brand, a high end maker of hunting and outdoorsman’s garments. This style has come to be known as a half-moon hunting vest, after the shape of its pass through pockets into the game pouch. Period advertisements generally referred to this style as a sleeveless jacket rather than as a vest. This one has pleated, flapped patch pockets on the front, as well as two patch pockets on the lining. The half-moons pass through to the roomy internal game pocket, which closes with a button.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Length: 27″

1930s Canvas hunting jacket

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271901042436
This vintage jacket was made in the late 1930s. It was last used in Ohio in 1967. It’s typical for these hunting jackets, as items of utility rather than fashion, to have been in service for decades, and this one shows it, with many repairs and heavy wear.

Chest (pit to pit):22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 21-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 27″

WWII Alpaca Pile shawl collar coat

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400937333934
This vintage coat was made in the 1940s, and is an early USN deck coat. It takes its style from earlier sheepskin lined shawl collar box coats, but has an alpaca pile collar and lining, as well as a waterproof layer between the outer canvas and the inner lining. The pockets have leather reinforcements and there are leather loops instead of buttonholes, typical of this style.

Tagged size: 48
Chest (pit to pit): 26″ (doubled = 52″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/4″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 33″

1930s Buegeleisen Eaglet Helmet blue

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400937745429
Strauss & Buegeleisen was founded in 1910 by Elias Buegeleisen of New York, and produced shatterproof aviators goggles under the Resistal name. Younger brother Joseph Buegeleisen and David Buegeleisen joined the company, with J. heading up sales in the Detroit area and D. as the West Coast representative. Joseph split from the family business around 1937 to found what would become Buco. D. Buegeleisen split slightly earlier and began production of these Eaglet helmets, marketed, like the other related family businesses, to the aviation and motorcycle markets. This cap has a navy blue cotton twill shell with a leather lining and trim. It has leather straps to hold on goggles with early style branded snaps. This one is tagged a size Medium and measures 20-1/2″ in circumference.

1930s D. Buegeleisen Eaglet helmet

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271901808372
Strauss & Buegeleisen was founded in 1910 by Elias Buegeleisen of New York, and produced shatterproof aviators goggles under the Resistal name. Younger brother Joseph Buegeleisen and David Buegeleisen joined the company, with J. heading up sales in the Detroit area and D. as the West Coast representative. Joseph split from the family business around 1937 to found what would become Buco. D. Buegeleisen split slightly earlier and began production of these Eaglet helmets, marketed, like the other related family businesses, to the aviation and motorcycle markets. This cap has a khaki cotton twill shell with a leather lining and trim. It has leather straps to hold on goggles with early style branded snaps. This one is tagged a size Small and measures 20″ in circumference.

1960s Capps Clothes sportcoat

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400937301817
This vintage jacket was made in the early 1960s by Capps Clothiers for Osborn’s of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29-1/2″

1960s Phoenix sport coat

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271900977137
This vintage jacket was made in the early 1960s by Phoenix for the Grigg Clothing Company of Mitchell, South Dakota.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 29″

1960s Brookfield plaid jacket

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400937295281
This vintage jacket was made by Brookfield Clothes for Payless Clothiers of Rapid City, SD in the early 1960s.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 30″

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Monthly Archives: June 2015

1948 China Navy Souvenir jacket

WWII USMC vest – China souvenir embroidery

1930s Red Head half-moon hunting vest

1930s Canvas hunting jacket

WWII Alpaca Pile shawl collar coat

1930s Buegeleisen Eaglet Helmet blue

1930s D. Buegeleisen Eaglet helmet

1960s Capps Clothes sportcoat

1960s Phoenix sport coat

1960s Brookfield plaid jacket