Philcraft alpaca lined mouton collared gabardine overcoat

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281056381932

This vintage bold look overcoat was made in the 1940s. It has a blue gabardine shell and a button on belt. The coat has a shearling collar and an alpaca lining. The wide shoulders are heavily padded. It was sold by St. Clair Page of Marshfield, WI. Cravenette processed.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″

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Italian Leather Police Jacket

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271144843549

This vintage jacket was made in Italy. It is police issue, a double breasted, belted style. It has raglan shoulders, has buttoned tabs on the sleeves, and slash pockets. It has a blanket wool lining.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″
Sleeve (center of collar to cuff): 33″

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Brown Double Breasted Overcoat

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281038288330

This vintage overcoat was made in the 1940s by Collegian Clothes for the Matzke Dite Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  It bears a 1939 Union tag, which places its date of manufacture between 1939 and 1949.  The coat is a brown wool alpaca blend.  It has a double breasted front with wide lapels, has button tabs on the sleeves, and a plain vented back. For some inexplicable reason, someone has cut out the botton half of the lining.Chest: 23″Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″Sleeve: 25″    Photobucket

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Woolrich striped blanket shawl collar mackinaw

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271121697118

This vintage coat was made by woolrich.  It has a double breasted front and a pile shawl collar.  The striped blanket material of the coat is 85% wool, with 15% nylon to prevent shrinkage in the elements.  Chest: 24″Shoulder to Shoulder: 22″Sleeve: 23″    Photobucket

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Robin Hood blue flannel blazer

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281034002172

This vintage jacket was made in the 1950s by “Robin Hood Clothes”, from English made Blackburn wool flannel.  The jacket is a 4×2 double breasted style, unvented, with patch pockets. It is half lined.
Chest: 24″Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″Sleeve: 24″

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Fur Collar Crombie Coat

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033684436

This overcoat was made in England by Jeffrey Banks from high end Crombie fabric.  It is a classic 6×4 double breasted style, a very elegant and vintage look.  But what really sets this one apart is the collar.  The collar has been trimmed in the most luxurious fur I’ve felt- I can’t tell if it’s sheared mink or sheared beaver. It appears to have been done by a tailor after the coat’s original production, going by the visible lapel buttonholes on the back of the lapels, but it was well done.
Chest: 21″
Shoulder: 17″
Sleeve: 25″
Length: 48″
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Bold Tweed Overcoat

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033565557

This vintage overcoat was made in the 1930s or 1940s.  It has a classic double breasted cut, with a belted back. It has flapped patch pockets, and is half lined.  But what really sets it apart from the crowd is the fabric.  This is the boldest herringbone I’ve seen outside of an Apparel Arts illustration.  Unfortunately, the label is long gone. The fabric has multicollored pre-atomic flecks of red, green and white.
Chest: 24″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″
Sleeve: 25″
Length: 52″
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1930s “Guardsman” Overcoat

This vintage overcoat was made in the late 1930s and was sold by Colwell Brothers in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Colwell Brothers was (and still is) Halifax’s premier men’s store.  They were extremely high end, and I have handled a lot of merchandise that they sold over the years.  It is all absolutely the best of the best, and they favored more traditional, English styles.  This overcoat has a 1936 union tag, which places its date of manufacture between 1936 and 1939.  It has a six button front.  All buttonholes are functional, but the lapels are rolled to the second button, something which was a style of the time.  As this is a more conservative style, it has a plain back instead of the fancy belted backs you would see on younger mens styles.  It is fully satin lined. The coat is in excellent condition.
Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to cuff: 26″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18-1/2
Length: 44″
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The McDorsey Yukon trench coat

This vintage coat was made just post WWII.  It is a double breasted trench coat style, with a mouton sheepskin collar, and a combination alpaca pile and quilted satin lining.  The gabardine shell of the coat is a medium blue color.  There is a detachable belt.  The coat was made by McDorsey Sportswear and is their “Yukon” model. One of the buttons does not match and there is wear to the bottom edge of the quilted liner.
Chest (pit to pit): 22-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″
Length (collar to hem): 39″
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