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EXTREMELY RARE PIECE OF US HISTORY Post WWI USMC P1927 Officers Rolled Lapel, 4 Button, Winter Green Service CoatU.S. Marine Barracks Naval Yard Cavite P.I.The U.S. Marine Corps required officers to officially transition from the standing-collar, 5-button service coat to the new rolled-lapel, 4-button service coat on July 1, 1927, for winter service and January 1, 1928, for summer service.DESCRIPTION:
Single Breasted, Rolled Lapel, 4 buttons, Forest Green Wool; Service Coat with 2 pleated pockets, 2 bellow pockets. This coat includes a belt that is 3/4 attached at the waist. Lastly, the coat has shoulder straps and it is silk lined.Condition:
This coat has tiny insect/mothing pinholes from the fabric not being stored properly. These tiny holes are on the lapel with lesser holes throughout the rest of the coat. Out of a 1-10 with 10 being Museum Quality this is a 6 to 7 as it displays well but does have pin hole mothing throughout the collar &coat.Please examine the pictures as I have tried to show the pinhole mothing. It’s the worst on the back collar at the shoulder area.
GROUP INCLUDES:• P1927 Rolled Collar , 4 Button Class A Winter Green
Service Coat; 3/4 Cloth Belt, attached at the
waist.
•NOTE: This coat does NOT have copper wire
belt hooks OR cloth belt loops
•NOTE:This coat does not have a belt slit
These 2 Notations would make this coat
a P1929 or P1929(M) Service Coat
• USMC Ribbon Bar;
HAITI
Expeditionary Ribbon w/ Star
Second Nicaragua
• P1927 Officer’s Winter Green Wool shirt
• USMC Khaki Tie
• USMC Cordovan Sam Browne Belt w/ 1 shoulder strap
• USMC Cordovan leather Chain Saber Hanger
• USMC Captain Bars: BH&G Sterling Silver x2
• USMC Captain Bar: Shirt Size Sterling Silver Museum Uniform Catalog
US Militaria Forum Catalog
Posted By: Craig _Pickrall (In Memoriam)TYPE OF GARMENT : Officers Winter Service Coat 1912-Present
UNIFORMS COAT; USMC; Pxxxx; OFER; RANK; WINTER; GREEN; xxxxxxxxDescription : Single Breasted, Forest Green Wool; Service Coat with 2 pleated pockets, and 2 lower patch pockets, 1912-1917, or 2 bellow pockets, 1917-present. High Standing Coat 1912-1928, rolled collar after time. The coat has shoulder straps and is lined.CHARACTERISTIC:P1927 - Rolled Collar, 4 Buttons, 1928-55P1929 - Straight or Plain vent in back, 2 brass or 2 belt loops added , 3 Buttons 1929-1955P1929 (M) Sword Slit may be added IS THE FIRST USMC ROLLED COLLAR COAT SO THERE WAS BOUND TO BE EARLY MODIFICATIONSThe official transition from a P1927 roll-collar officer service coat to the P1929 & P1929(Modified) configurations was governed by the following directives:• Circular Letters Nos. 16 and 17 (Published April 14, 1926): These original circulars initially mandated the massive structural shift from standing-collar coats to open roll-collar service coats for both officers and enlisted personnel. These circulars made the roll-collar style mandatory for winter service starting July 1, 1927, and established what collectors call the "P1927" uniform base.• Circular Letter No. 39 (Issued October 7, 1927):
This circular updated and amended the transitional guidelines established on April 14, 1926, This circular addressed early response & corrections made to the rolled collar's tailoring, pocket design, and transitional deadlines as the Marine Corps standardized its production. Circular Letter No. 39 made further adjustments by adding brass belt hooks and cloth belt loops to the waist of the USMC Officer Winter Green Service Coat.• The 1929 Uniform Regulations of the United States Marine Corps: These comprehensive new standard regulations completely superseded the old 1922 handbook. It codified the "P1929" design updates—including adjustments to the open notched collar, the specific tailoring of the upper pleated chest pockets, and the lower bellows pockets.• Uniform Regulations Changes No. 1 (June 1932): This broad update formally integrated subsequent modifications—creating what is recognized as the P1929(Modified) version—by altering specific hardware details, aligning uniform dimensions with the newly adopted 1925/1930 Standard Emblem designs, adding the saber slit on the officers left side and refining the fit of the service coat before the ultimate revision into the 1937 regulations.• This specific directive amended the initial 1926 roll-collar guidelines (Circulars 16 and 17) to refine the hardware and tailoring specifications of the newly adopted open-collar coat before its final codification in the 1929 Uniform Regulations of the United States Marine Corps.
