WWII USMC P1944 Camouflage JACKET (Grenade Pockets) XL (WWII Impressions) Mint!!

Description

WWII USMC P1944 Camouflage JACKET.
Known as the “
COAT, UTILITY,”
it was designed so that a Marine, bereft of a Cartridge Belt or a Haversack could “fight out of his pockets.”
This exacting
FACSIMILE/REPLICA
was manufactured as a ‘limited production’ item by Juan Gonzalez’s outstanding
WWII IMPRESSIONS
of California approximately 25 years ago and has long been out of production — no longer available!!
This is not an inferior ASIAN knock-off.
This is sartorial WORKMANSHIP/ EXCELLENCE that matches (or EXCEEDS) wartime “Mil Spec” standards!!
This
“COAT, UTILITY, CAMOUFLAGE, REVERSIBLE”
is of comparable (if not SUPERIOR) quality to the camouflage uniforms manufactured during WWII for the the
USMC
exclusively by the
MARIO G. MIRABELLI COMPANY
, INC. of Elizabeth, New Jersey using camouflage HBT fabric printed by:
(1)
ROCK HILL PRINTING AND FINISHING COMPANY
of Rock Hill, S.C.
(2)
ALLIED TEXTILE PRINTERS, INC.
of Paterson, N.J.
(3)
J. W. VALENTINE COMPANY
of New York.
This iconic splotch “frog skin” camouflage pattern was designed by John Cox, a “Civilian Camouflage Technician” of the Army’s Fort Belvoir (as noted in the
“Marine Corps Equipment Board Test Report #95”
dated July 20, 1943.)
Research by Alec Tulfoff,
GRUNT GEAR;
USMC Combat Infantry Equipment of World War II,
p.57.
*****
PARTICULARS
:
- Large
Chest Pockets
for
MAP/ GRENADE/ FLOTATION BLADDERS
on the “Green Side” only.
-
Smaller
BUTTON-FLAPPED Chest Pocket
with stenciled
E/G/A
on the left breast.
- NO Waist Pockets (to facilitate wearing the Coat “tucked” into the Trousers).
- Fully reversible “Green Side” to “Tan Side.”
- Perfectly executed Camouflage pattern with the
CORRECT
separation of the various color ‘splotches’ on both sides.
-
CORRECT
heavy-weight Herringbone Twill fabric.
-
CORRECT
Bronze “
U. S. MARINE CORPS” Buttons
(5-Button front on the “Green Side” and 3-Button front on the “Tan Side” to allow the Marine to access the Chest Pockets which then be on the “inside.”)
-
CORRECT
Two (2) Buttons at the rear Collar (to permit the attachment of the
ANTI-GAS HOOD
).
-
CORRECT
integral
GAS FLAP
.
-
CORRECT
Adjustable Button Cuffs.
- Extremely well-made!! Very high ‘16 stitches per inch’ on the seams and the
PERFECTLY
“parallel-stitched” lap-fell seams!!
*****
Dimensions
:
Armpit
to
Armpit
: 26” (52” chest)
Length
: 29” (from rear collar seam to hem)
Sleeve
: 24” (from top of shoulder seam to cuff); 34” (by conventional shirt measurement, i.e. center of rear collar seam to cuff)