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Message:: [QUOTE="Jim Goodykoontz, post: 10237376, member: 82566"]it dates from the period immediately post WWII(1947 through the early 50s) .  if it was WWII era it would have a 10 button front, 8 buttons showing.  they switched to the 8 button front, with 6 buttons showing, right after the war.  the corduroy pocket, which was standard during WWII in the manufacture and not added during the 60s, was dropped at this time(1947).  yours has corduroy pockets and that's unusual.  that suggests to me that it was made early in this period of redesign.  the stencils were usually related to the ship or ships the owner served on.  i've seen them with multiple stencils.  here's a site with information on dating these jackets:  <a href="https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/peacoat-dating.35824/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/peacoat-dating.35824/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/peacoat-dating.35824/</a>[/QUOTE]