FISHTAIL PARKER (MOD)

NEW US FISHTAIL PARKER
EXTREME COLD WEATHER PARKER
REMOVABLE HOOD AND QUILTED LINING
2 LARGE FRONT POCKETS
DRAWSTRING WAIST
ZIPPER CLOSURE WITH STORM FLAP
OUTER SHELL IS 65% COTTON AND 35% NYLON WHICH IS TREATED TO RESIST WIND AND RAIN
REMOVABLE BUTTON FULL LENGTH QUILTED LINER
BUTTON CLOSE ADJUSTABLE WRIST STRAPS
HEAVY DUTY BRASS FRONT
BUTTON ON REMOVABLE DRAWSTRING SNORKEL HOOD
AND NOT FORGETTING THE 'FISHTAIL'- THE TAIL CLINCHING DRAWSTRINGS AROUND EACH LEG WHICH CAN BE PULLED TIGHT TO KEEP OUT THE COLD.
SYNTHETIC FUR TRIMMED HOOD
COLOUR GREEN-OLIVE
SIZE MEDIUM
AS WORN BY THE 'Mods'


THE FISHTAIL PARKER (M65) ORIGINATES FROM 1951 WHEN IT WAS ISSUED TO THE US MILITARY TO HELP THE SOLDIERS WITH THE COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS INT EH KOREAN WAR
IN THE 1960'S THE FISHTAIL PARKER TOOK ON A DIFFERENT ROLE IN BRITAIN AS IT BECAME THE COAT WORN BY THE Mods.