MattS Posted October 10, 2017 Share #1 Posted October 10, 2017 Any help appreciated, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 10, 2017 Share #2 Posted October 10, 2017 I'd say mid-1950's to mid-1960's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted October 10, 2017 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted October 10, 2017 Share #4 Posted October 10, 2017 Agree with Salvage. Beautiful piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted October 10, 2017 Thanks Sigs! Could a sailor wearing this in the mid-50s have been a WW2 vet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted October 10, 2017 Share #6 Posted October 10, 2017 Absolulely! As a CPO I would bet on it. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted October 10, 2017 Share #7 Posted October 10, 2017 Thanks Sigs! Could a sailor wearing this in the mid-50s have been a WW2 vet?almost Garuntee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted October 10, 2017 Thanks guys! I have this uniform and didn't know what era it was from. So it sounds like it's safe to say he was probably a WW2 veteran who served into the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted October 10, 2017 Share #9 Posted October 10, 2017 Thanks guys! I have this uniform and didn't know what era it was from. So it sounds like it's safe to say he was probably a WW2 veteran who served into the 50s. Coat 1.jpg . Maybe. There was no "Drop Dead Date" on insignia. I found "Applied Chevron" insignia for sale in the Exchange in the 1980s. Just because a new "Pattern" comes out, the old stuff is not automatically tossed. Often, it is also handed down. Interestingly, Sailors rarely notice when new stuff comes out. When the Navy adopted that awful "Fat Parrot" crow in 1984, most didn't notice. I thought it was some foreign made crap ( we got lots of that in ships off base and in Orr cities). Without a name, you will never know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted October 10, 2017 Good points, thanks Sigs! This is heavy wool and not polyester if that helps to date it. The jacket and matching trousers probably weigh 8 pounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted October 11, 2017 Share #11 Posted October 11, 2017 Good points, thanks Sigs! This is heavy wool and not polyester if that helps to date it. The jacket and matching trousers probably weigh 8 pounds!. They were issuing 100% wool coat and tie uniforms of this style and heavy in 1975. I purchased one as I had to. Hung onto it for years, and when I made Chief, I converted it over and wore it during the winter in Great Lakes and Norfolk. When I retired in 1999, I passed it on to another guy. As far as I know, it's still serving on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted October 11, 2017 That's the nice thing about not changing uniform styles every 5 years, you can use old stock and pass it down when you're done. We didn't have that option in the army. Too many changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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