1970s Mink coat

[Jenny]

I know the collar is 100% mink but I am not sure about the rest of coat. What do you guys think?
There is no label inside.
A lady visited her home town in Germany during one winter of 1970s and she did not bring a coat with her, so her father bought her this mink coat.

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Hi Jenny,

Have you had a look at the fur resource? It looks like one of the sheepskins, broadtail I think but if you compare your skin to the photos you should be able to identify the right one.

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Hi,

It is, as Nicole said, a lamb fur. However it is definitely not broadtail as it is way too curly and broadtail has no tight curls. (despite what the photo in the fur resource is showing).

 

[furwise]

Yes, Barbara's right. That looks like a typographical error in the lamb section. The one that says Persian Broadtail lanb should just say Persian Lamb. Broadtail has a semi flat, wavy, moiré like appearance. Yours with the tightly coiled curls as shown in your closeup is Persian, Astrakhan, or Karakul lamb. All three have the same characteristics and are just from different origins.

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Thanks Caryn. Yes, we call that type of fur "Astrakhan" in Australia but I wasn't sure what it's called in the U.S.

 

[Jenny]

I did take a look at the lamb-sheep fur on this website. Just from the pictures, I would say it is somewhere around the broadtail and persian lamb fur ballpark.
lamb-sheep fur