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Interesting. I have found the 1949 coats have the denser, more velvet like finish than the other years, but I haven't seen any CG coats to compare the finishes.I bought a WWII Coast Guard coat a few years ago. I think it was a size 44, but fit me a tinch small. I resold it on ebay. The Kersey material on that coat was incredible - velvet like, very dense, and very strong. . It was even nicer then my vintage Navy coats. Definitely a different batch of material as compared to my vintage Navy coats. I also have one WWII coat which has great Kersey material, but still not the same as that Coast Guard coat.
As the tags are the same, I would think the same manufacturers made them and obtained the fabric from the same source as the Navy coats. As far as I know, the only differences in the Navy coats and the CG coats are the embroidered CG emblem on the right sleeve.