This vest was made by the Kootenay Canvas Comapny of Ontario. It is heavy blue canvas with yellow trim. Snap front. Handwarmer pockets and large interior and exterior cargo pockets.
Kootenay Canvas Company
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WWII Marines overcoat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033540668
This vintage Marines issue overcoat dates to WWII. It is double breasted, made of green wool. It has a six button front and a belted back.
Chest: 22″
Chest: 22″
Sleeve: 26″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 28″
Steal Your Face
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033527632
This vintage coat has a green cotton shell and an alpaca pile liner. It has slash handwarmer pocket and flapped cargo pockets, a zip front with a buttoned flap, button cuff straps and knit storm cuffs. At some point, a “steal your face” Grateful Dead patch was added.
Chest: 24″
Chest: 24″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 17″
Sleeve: 25″
Length: 40″
French Despatch Rider Coat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033518130
This vintage coat was made in 1948. It is french army issue, either for a motorcycle despatch rider, or for the cavalry. It has leg straps to keep it from flapping in the wind, and pass through slits instead of pockets. It has a small collar, raglan sleeves, an attached belt and metal buttons. There are buttons inside which look like they could attach to a liner.
Chest: 30″ (doubled = 60″ = size 56)
Chest: 30″ (doubled = 60″ = size 56)
Sleeve (center to cuff): 33-1/2″
BWS German leather jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033511480
This vintage overcoat was made post-war by BWS. It is a classic german style, double breasted with no buttons. There is an elaborate setup whereby the interior side of the jacket is secured with snaps on a belt, and the exterior is fasted by means of a hook and clasp attached to the belt. It has a yoked front and back, belted cuffs, and an interior “zipp” branded zipper on the pocket. It is made of heavy dark green leather.
Chest: 21″ (can adjust larger)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″
Sleeve: 25″
Length: 46″
Eatonia Blazer
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033503316
This vintage jacket was sold by Eatons as part of the Eatonia line, probably in the late 1950s. It is an unvented, four button double breasted style, with patch pockets. The breast pocket is emblazoned with a “Nova Scotia” patch. It is half lined and has contrast buttons.
Chest: 23″
Chest: 23″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″
Sleeve: 25″
Length: 33-1/2″
1957 Savile Row blazer
This vintage blue blazer was made by Savile Row in 1957. It sold to Donald Baldwin of Rubenstein Clothing. It is made of “Queensbury superfine worsted” wool. It is a two button style, is unvented and has a flapped ticket pocket.
Chest: 22″
Chest: 22″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″
Sleeve: 25-1/2″
Length: 32-1/2″
1980s D-Pocket motorcycle leather jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281031648536
This leather jacket was probably made in the 1980s or 1990s, but recalls an earlier 1950s style. It has a D-pocket, with a smaller cigarette pocket. It has snaps on the lapels, but not the collar. Instead of a front belt, it has small adjuster belts in the back, though it does have belt loops. It has zipped sleeves and a yoked back. Relatively lightweight leather, with some staining.
Chest: 22″
Chest: 22″
Sleeve: 24″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″
Soo Woolen Mills Double Mackinaw
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271111780322
This vintage double mackinaw mas made by Soo Woolen Mills of Michigan in the 1930s. It is an early style, with a broad collar, a caped front, and four pocket front, with game pocket in back. There is heavy fading and moth damage, and despite cleaning, the coat still smells like campfire. This coat saw heavy abuse in its day. It is unlined, with unusual seam taping only partially up the front. Perfect for the vintage outdoors or workwear look.
Chest: 24″
Chest: 24″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″
Sleeve: 25″
Length: 35″
McGregor Two Tone Hollywood Jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281030607055
This vintage jacket was made in the 1940s by McGregor. It is a classic two tone hollywood jacket, with brown sleeves and collar, and a sand colored tweed front and back, with a subtle lime green overcheck. It has a three button front, with patch pockets. It is half lined and unvented. There is heavy mothing throughout.
Chest: 22″
Chest: 22″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23″
Length: 31″
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