Please Help Me Date a Peacoat (that might be phony)

[AndrewT]

Hello!

My wife recently purchased a peacoat from a thrift store and while trying to date it, I came across this wonderful post about peacoat dating. The post also mentioned that peacoat phonies exist and the label of my wife's new purchase worryingly looks a lot like the example pictures provided of phonies. Is there any way for me to tell for sure if the peacoat is a legitimate item? If it is legitimate, could someone please help me date it?

Thank you so much! This has been a fantastic community to find on the Internet!

 

[Peacoat]

@AndrewT

For some reason I just saw this.

First of all, US Navy peacoats were all dark blue. Secondly, this label isn't the label from a US Navy peacoat.

I wouldn't call this a "phony," but is more accurately a civilian copy of a Navy peacoat.