aurelius180 Posted December 27, 2016 Share #1 Posted December 27, 2016 I recently acquired a 1st Marine Air Wing Coat with pants. The pants have a name in them but unfortunately I can't seem to find one in the coat. While searching through the coat I noticed pieces of camo sewn into the coat in between the lining and the bottom pockets on both sides. I've never noticed this on another USMC coat before. Is there a significance to this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinjmpr Posted December 27, 2016 Share #2 Posted December 27, 2016 Reinforcing seams maybe? Do you have more pictures of the jacket itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted December 27, 2016 Share #3 Posted December 27, 2016 I had a late war issued 1st Mar Div blouse with the exact same re-enforcing material for the pockets. I just think they used what they had on hand. Does this have a label inside of the skirt? Mine did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurelius180 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted December 27, 2016 Thanks for the info guys. My first thought was reinforcement for the pockets but, other than being a little wrinkled, the coat is in excellent shape. Maybe a preventative measure? Mike- No other tags that I can find other than the College Hall Fashions stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurelius180 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted December 27, 2016 A couple more pictures of the coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinjmpr Posted December 28, 2016 Share #6 Posted December 28, 2016 What rank is that? I thought Marines had round rockers on the bottom of their chevrons in WWII just like the Army did. That almost looks like a band or cadet chevron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted December 28, 2016 Share #7 Posted December 28, 2016 It's a Staff Sergeant. A Platoon Sergeant would have had the rocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themick Posted December 29, 2016 Share #8 Posted December 29, 2016 R Michael above has it right. These are reinforcement pieces behind the pocket flaps if I remember correctly. You will find them made of different styles of cloth - cammo, regular HBT, khaki, white, green. The factories didn't want to waste cloth during those years. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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