easterneagle87 Posted August 16, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 16, 2020 Saw this coat in a local antique store. Quartermaster tag is dated 1935. What model would this be? And it's really nice. looks a lot warmer than a regular field jacket. Would this.. OR I just I should ask, Could this have been worn into WW2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 17, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 17, 2020 I think this is a first pattern Mackinaw, made them in Wool at first before going with the more familiar Fabric with Wool collar type. It looks similar in cut to the Officers type, but those were made not made in Course Wool as seen here, but with fine Moleskin cloth and had fancier buttons. Here's one image I found of the Wool one like yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 17, 2020 Share #3 Posted August 17, 2020 A shot of the Officers Coat for comparison . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 18, 2020 Share #4 Posted August 18, 2020 Found another one of this type on the Forum, no definite ID is given for it, just the questioned asked and the reply of it either a Mackinaw or a M-1926 Officers Short Overcoat, which its neither, it is however we found just like the WWI Mac, the 1935 date? Maybe just a Spec Update??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 18, 2020 Share #5 Posted August 18, 2020 The WWI one, it differs outwardly only by having Cuff straps,, larher patch pockets on the skirt, slightly different buttons, and slightly different belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 18, 2020 Share #6 Posted August 18, 2020 Here's more WWI Macs, should of remembered that member world war I nerd would of made a lenghty dedicated topic on the type, but I forgot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 20, 2020 Share #7 Posted October 20, 2020 Here's an old OD Wool one actually in use, on his it has the cuff tabs. Belgium, a 99th Div GI, right before the Battle of the Bulge November-December 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil N. Posted March 28, 2021 Share #8 Posted March 28, 2021 The Mackinaw is a Civilian Conservation Corps coat, as indicated by the ECW ( Emergency Conservation Work). ECF, ECW, CCC and CIV appear on QM produced goods for the CCC depending in the date of manufacture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil N. Posted March 28, 2021 Share #9 Posted March 28, 2021 Correction to my last. The label is ECF ( Emergency Conservation Fund). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted March 28, 2021 Good to know, but I already sold it. I think they got a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 29, 2021 Share #11 Posted March 29, 2021 13 hours ago, Phil N. said: The Mackinaw is a Civilian Conservation Corps coat, as indicated by the ECW ( Emergency Conservation Work). ECF, ECW, CCC and CIV appear on QM produced goods for the CCC depending in the date of manufacture. Thanks Phil, would this CCC coat be worn during WWII by some, as we do see that Checkerboard Division GI wearing one,, and in late 1944, like these wool ones just made it into the army's supply system, you know seeing they are perfectly fine, and compatible for field service and wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted March 29, 2021 Share #12 Posted March 29, 2021 2 hours ago, patches said: Thanks Phil, would this CCC coat be worn during WWII by some, as we do see that Checkerboard Division GI wearing one,, and in late 1944, like these wool ones just made it into the army's supply system, you know seeing they are perfectly fine, and compatible for field service and wear. I second asking this question. In the picture patches posted im guessing it is a WW1 coat as it has the cuff tabs? Seems possible WW1 coats would have been issued around that time as the Army was strapped for winter clothing. I do wonder though if the military even had access to leftover CCC clothing as thought it was involved in it, the CCC was under the departments of the Interior and Agriculture. Anyone know what happened to surplus CCC gear? Was it sold by the government at the end of the program, did it sit in a warehouse? I'm guessing the same thing happened to it as what happened to surplus military gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil N. Posted March 29, 2021 Share #13 Posted March 29, 2021 The QM recieved all surplus CCC items. Siemens clothing was used at Internment camps, State Defense Firces and POW camps. OD items like shirts, trousers and coats very likely were reissued if serviceable to Army troops. There is one account that a CCC man was issued the same canteen he used in the CCC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted March 29, 2021 Share #14 Posted March 29, 2021 The QM recieved all surplus CCC items. Siemens clothing was used at Internment camps, State Defense Firces and POW camps. OD items like shirts, trousers and coats very likely were reissued if serviceable to Army troops. There is one account that a CCC man was issued the same canteen he used in the CCC.Thanks for the info! Guess that’s a whole other rabbit hole of collecting I need to start looking down...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share #15 Posted March 30, 2021 An additional thanks from me as well. I will need to read labels better now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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