GREATCOATS ON THE WEB

Napoleonic Greatcoats

• The War of 1812 Web Site: British Army Officer greatcoats
Robert Henderson reveals that "With regards to the appearance of the officer's privately-purchased greatcoat, specific regulations were established in British North America in 1800 by the meticulous Duke of Kent, then Commander of the forces in Canada, calling for: 'The Great Coats of Officers are invariably to be made of blue cloth double-breasted with regimental buttons and edged throughout with the colour of the lappel of the regiment, those excepted whose lappels are blue and the edging of whose Great Coats will therefore be scarlet.' Gosh.

American Civil War Greatcoats

• Calapooia Traders
This US company specialises in making custom-tailored clothing for the living historians and reenactors of the 18th century.The clothing they make is based upon original garments, with our patterns based upon examinations, descriptions, photographs, and original drawings of those garments.

• AzRA Historical Resources
US 19th century civilian greatcoats

• US Confederate Greatcoats from the Quatermasters Store

• The Greatcoat - Why you should have one
As advised by the 47th Virginia Company

Second World War Greatcoats

• Wehrmacht Greatcoats
They may have been fascists, but they dressed nicely. Yeah, right.

• Soviet Greatcoats
How to wear one with impunity

• Buy your own military surplus GreatCoat
Available from ADV Militaria

Action Man Greatcoats

• Greatcoats: an Action Man accessory
It does shrink in the wash, you know.

Literate Greatcoats

• The Revolt of the Clothes: a poem by Terry Jones
Led, of course, by a greatcoat