Author Topic: ID this military item. Please. (Read 6157 times)

Perd Hapley · « **on:** October 10, 2009, 12:10:42 PM »

Purchased at thrift store (or was it a yard sale). I really don't know if it's mil surp, it just has that look. The material is a nice, thick canvas. The only "label" is some black ink stamped inside the collar, which is illegible, except for a numeral 2.

This is my favorite coat now for fall and spring, or sunny winter days.

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2009, 12:24:29 PM »

Kinda like an oil cloth drover coat

the epaulets do look military

it could be Swiss, Belgian, German or Checkoslovakian

lupinus · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:23:42 PM »

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ID this military item. Please.

It's a jacket

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:53:24 PM »

Definitely ain't USGI.

seeker_two · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:57:58 PM »

It's.......green!

MillCreek · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2009, 02:10:47 PM »

It is obviously designed for mutant nursing women, given the breast access ports on the back.

bedlamite · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2009, 02:13:39 PM »

I know what it is, I've seen those before! It's a coat.

Marnoot · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2009, 02:27:08 PM »

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2009, 02:28:05 PM »

I even found and downloaded some instructions for use:

1. Insert right arm into right sleeve until hand protrudes from end of sleeve.
2. Repeat #1 with left arm.
3. Pull coat up to completely cover shoulders.
4. If desired, pull two front halves of coat together and fasten button for extra warmth.
5. To remove coat, do #4 through #1 in opposite order.

That's some pretty high-fallutin' military stuff ya got there.

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2009, 02:40:59 PM »

The buttons are like a trenchcoat, yet the material is cotton. Does it shed water or absorb it? A close-up on the buttons might help. Buttons are far apart, too. Much further than the average pea coat nowadays. Could be an old variant of the pea coat.

RevDisk · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2009, 04:01:57 PM »

Quote from: fistful on October 10, 2009, 12:10:42 PM

Purchased at thrift store (or was it a yard sale). I really don't know if it's mil surp, it just has that look. The material is a nice, thick canvas. The only "label" is some black ink stamped inside the collar, which is illegible, except for a numeral 2.

European spring/fall jacket. I saw plenty of similar jackets in the Balkans. Saw plenty of them for sale on the grey market.

Ben · « **Reply #11 on:** October 10, 2009, 06:35:36 PM »

It looks like something Jayne would wear.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #12 on:** October 10, 2009, 06:49:09 PM »

Quote from: Ben on October 10, 2009, 06:35:36 PM

It looks like something Jayne would wear.

That is the best compliment I have ever received on my gear. Even better than people thinking my hat is like Indie's. (It's not.)

Do I have to get a cunning hat now?

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:00:07 PM »

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Do I have to get a cunning hat now?

No, one that's just a little devious will do.

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:13:33 PM »

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Do I have to get a cunning hat now?

Potty-mouth!

Ben · « **Reply #15 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:37:53 PM »

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Do I have to get a cunning hat now?

I think you should. My dog will let you borrow hers.

Actually, dressing like Jayne would be a great Halloween costume for my office. Nobody but me would get it. I would just walk around all day and say, "I'm Jayne ya dumbass deleted" when they ask who I'm supposed to be.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #16 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:55:24 PM »

Last I knew, deleted was a racial slur used by dumb Australian Jills, in news interviews.

Does Jayne say that?

Ben · « **Reply #17 on:** October 10, 2009, 09:17:51 PM »

He calls his crewmates that in a couple of episodes when he's "in charge". I always assumed he was referring to pollywogs as in they were wet behind the ears.

Apparently it's yet another racial slur that I've never heard of as well. I'll remove it to avoid problems.

280plus · « **Reply #18 on:** October 10, 2009, 09:29:28 PM »

If it is the term I am thinking of I know it was used in reference to the Arabs by the Aussies in WWII. Can't say that was it's origin but it goes back at least that far.

It is also used in reference to one who has not crossed the equator on a ship and tends to mean greenhorn or "wet behind the ears" as you say so that may be the context whoever it is you are talking about is using it in.

Ben · « **Reply #19 on:** October 10, 2009, 09:42:02 PM »

Your second definition totally makes sense for the context it was used 280.

280plus · « **Reply #20 on:** October 10, 2009, 09:45:58 PM »

I just wiki'd it. Interesting read.

It's one of those words that dependa on usage as to whether it is racially derogatory or not.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #21 on:** October 10, 2009, 10:07:12 PM »

These days, a lot of words take on racial dimensions, if the speaker is not an Obama supporter.

Silver Bullet · « **Reply #22 on:** October 10, 2009, 10:12:43 PM »

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1. Insert right arm into right sleeve until hand protrudes from end of sleeve.
2. Repeat #1 with left arm.
3. Pull coat up to completely cover shoulders.
4. If desired, pull two front halves of coat together and fasten button for extra warmth.
5. To remove coat, do #4 through #1 in opposite order.

I don’t like step 2. It’s just too danged difficult to get both arms in the right hand sleeve.

I would like to propose the following change:

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2. Insert left arm into left sleeve until hand protrudes from end of sleeve.

Thank you.

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #23 on:** October 10, 2009, 11:54:06 PM »

I posted the pictures over at the Fedora Lounge in the massive "Adventurer's Gear" thread. If it has a military provenence, someone there will know it.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #24 on:** October 11, 2009, 12:22:28 AM »

Cooool. Thanks.

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