I'm sorry for your loss.
Is that the 38 you bought before that I saw pop back up?
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Yes, a 44 in WWII is rare. Buy it if all else is good.
It looks to be decent. Liner is messed up and pictures aren't all that detailed. Asking 60.
Yes. This is the jacket I returned because it was auctioned as a 38, and the tag clearly said 36. Looks like the auction title is a little schizophrenic saying both 38 and 36. This jacket is a 9 in terms of condition. All the buttons need resewing, but the fabric, labels are pristine. I hated to send it back. The seller is good too, he admitted the mistake and accepted an easy return
This appears to be the same coat @spotmark bought last week? I'm confused. I looked at recently sold and looks like it sold for 17 the previous week. It was relisted with same pics.
To eliminate confusion, This is the jacket I am talking about. jms09 was asking me about this one I purchased and then returned.
Not to be pedantic * but these "rubber" buttons are actually Bakelite buttons. Introduced in the 1920s, they were the first completely synthetic plastic buttons.
Very interesting. The back of button reads AHR Co. HP. Bakelite is hard and non flexible making it fragile. I wonder if that is why the few WW I jackets I have seen have replacement buttons? Folks selling these buttons still refer to them as rubber for some reason.
Rubber has been around much longer than Bakelite which didn't see use until the 1920s–don't remember the exact year. So, the early buttons could well have been rubber.
they feel hard like Bakelite. Sound like poker chips.
If the seller lists them as rubber buttons, I would think they are anything but. Most sellers know as much about peacoats and their accessories as does the rabbit who lives in my backyard.
Size 44 in a WWII is pretty rare. I found a 46 WWII a few years ago - in almost new condition.
This is indeed strange. I literally bought this from the exact same seller for $68. It was in great condition, but it was just a tad too big for my preferences. I thought the older 6-button coats might fit closer to the WWII versions, but they’re pretty consistent with the 60’s Kersey coats.
Hey Spoon, why the name change?
I had to change my password and being not very swift with computers I screwed everything up and wound up having to change this and that.
