tailored jacket from occupied Belgium

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beenien

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Hello all,

Years ago I acquired a men's jacket, black wool with black satin lining, the arm lining is striped. The label reads "Galeries Nationales, Fourniseurs de la Cour". On the interior of the pocket is a tag that has the person for whom it was made's name on it (hard to decipher, but last name Albert) as well as the stamp Oct. 31, 1941 and the address Place Saint-Jean, Bruxelles.

It is thick wool and I always wore it as an outdoor coat. In my 20's I could pull the look off, but now it does more hanging in the closet than anything.

I want to find out about the value of the coat, if you think it has any historical value besides being vintage, and general advice on what to do with it now, since I am not going to be wearing it anymore.

It has a few seams that are coming away, one on the neck band, and where the lining of the arms meet the body, and is missing one button, but otherwise no tears.

Brussels was occupied at the time the jacket was made.

Thanks for any advice or input!

Bee
 
The label information, history, and dating may make it an interesting acquisition for the Mode Museum in Brussels. You could always write them or call and speak with a curator to see if they would be interested. They may already have examples and not need it, but if they don't have examples, they might be thrilled to get it.

http://www.momu.be/
 
Johnathan,

Thanks! I have contacted the museum, they want a picture as well, so when I send those I will post them here too.

Bee
 
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