The Official Classic Men's Coats Thread - Page 7

any suggestions how to make the pics bigger?

Drake's Bottle Green polo coat (looks suspiciously similar to the navy Caruso of IchDien above)


http://drakes-london.tumblr.com/post/44055966923/double-breasted-elysian-pile-cloth-polo-coat-in

What is your opinion on dark green coats? I find the color quite versatile for casual use (goes with gray and brown trousers and jeans) but they are very rarely seen.

I really like that as a casual coat. Is it purchasable?

The Tumblr post says it is available at their shop in London. No info about the price though

Love it.

I think it was the original poster who posted a close-up of the following BB polo coat:



It's BB's new version of BB's old standby polo coat and to my eye it seems slightly too short, although the older version was arguably too long (almost a floor-sweeper). Is anyone familiar with the older versus new BB polo coats?

Classical Military Coats from World War 1

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=film+jpyeaux+noel&id=9F1D5645AE1BD00A87558E1CE9ABBE497C358AFC&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=DA6FDC2F53FD9CB61D3DF490FDBF2F1640FD2A24&selectedIndex=2

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/MaxHoffman.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaxHoffman.jpg&h=800&w=589&sz=137&tbnid=U_w1hHOjhaGReM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=76&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmajor%2BGeneral%2BMax%2BHoffman%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=major+General+Max+Hoffman&usg=__eskYw_HDKdi7_JF95Lc9_YBJSjg=&docid=TErilQphngg7tM&sa=X&ei=Bq9UUfahN8XiiAKquIDIBQ&ved=0CEEQ9QEwAg&dur=305

Major General Max Hoffman is on the right. He was probably the most brilliant German General of Word War 1 and planner of the Battles of Tannenberg and
Masurian Lakes, as well as later victories on the Eastern Front.

^If the common german troops in WWII had had something as warm as those coats looks to be, Stalingrad and the war could have had a different outcome.

Interesting point. In folklore about World War 1, about which I am no expert, there is little discussion of "General Winter".
The GermanArmy, along with their often faltering Austro-Hungarian allies, basically won World War 1 on the Eastern Front,
knocking Russia, under the bolsheviks , out of the War in early 1918. Hoffman's genius had a lot to do with this. He was also a key
negoiator with the Bosheviks at Brest Litovsk

Hofmann( goggles )at Tanenberg with Hindenburg and Ludendorf- Check out his leather coat.

http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/03_The-World-since-1900/02_World-War-One/pictures/MSH-061_Hindenburg+Ludendorff+Hoffmann_1914.jpg

http://www.google.com/search?q=gen+max+hoffman&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=qu1UUeW1OqScjALD-oFI&ved=0CDgQsAQ&biw=1478&bih=827#imgrc=3Zyd3DdCCvt8-M%3A%3BzHABtBFUVBGJgM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fforum.axishistory.com%252Ffiles%252Fhindenburg_staff1915.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fforum.axishistory.com%252Fviewtopic.php%253Ff%253D72%2526t%253D25905%3B692%3B411

Wearing the Pur le Merite ( Blue Max) Medal

http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/aka/hoffmann.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=Gen+Max+Hofmann&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=2nlfUcy3Me_DiwLCwIGYDw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1440&bih=825#imgrc=qWzgOnVRuLqFvM%3A%3Br2yTD9iy_F8ZjM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252Fthumb%252F4%252F4a%252FBundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0278%252C_Max_Hoffmann.jpg%252F638px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0278%252C_Max_Hoffmann.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcommons.wikimedia.org%252Fwiki%252FFile%253ABundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0278%252C_Max_Hoffmann.jpg%3B638%3B480

Hoffman with the Central Powers delegation

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.allworldwars.com/image/074/Hoffmann1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.allworldwars.com/The-War-of-Lost-Opportunities-by-von-Hoffmann.html&h=512&w=750&sz=259&tbnid=WuoJFzCz6hOIXM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=132&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgeneral%2Bmax%2Bvon%2Bhoffman%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=general+max+von+hoffman&usg=__5iJyq01_YYhKMwKJElnP25eB064=&docid=YjgeR6VMssBq8M&sa=X&ei=9-lUUaiBCcLhiALHxYHIAQ&ved=0CEQQ9QEwAg&dur=627

Hoffman is seen seated fourth from the left
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R92623,_Brest-Litowsk,_Waffenstillstandsabkommen.jpg


By some bizarre coincidence I, as well as my 7 year old grandson, look like him, minus the cropped hair and the pince nez.
I am not nearly as tall either. My family background includes no Germans.
Edited by comrade - 4/5/13 at 6:31pm