Rare Vintage White Military Tunic Jacket Multi Stitched Stand Collar Workwear For Sale

Up for sale is an exceptional piece of mid-century militaria: a genuine vintage white cotton drill tropical uniform jacket/tunic, dating precisely from the pre-WWII to early-WWII era (circa 1920s–1940s).
This garment reflects the historical structural conventions commonly seen on French Army Colonial/Foreign Legion tropical dress garments and early European naval summer dress coats.Key Historical Construction Elements:
• Heavily Multi-Stitched Stand Collar: Features tight rows of parallel reinforcement stitching wrapping around the entire collar line.
This precise feature kept the high cotton collar rigid and upright in demanding tropical moisture and high-humidity operational settings.• Detachable Button Eyelets: The front closure and neck tab omit sewn threads entirely, opting instead for handcrafted stitched eyelets. This allowed officers to swap out metal/brass shank buttons seamlessly using cotter split pins, protecting the pristine white cotton from iron rust during intensive hot-water wash cycles.• Classic Utility Configuration: Fitted with box-pleated patch chest pockets utilizing elegant scalloped button flaps alongside expansive bellows patch storage pockets to the lower body.• True Heavy-Duty Fabric: Tailored from an unlined, high-density cotton drill weave that remains completely functional, structural, and robust decades later.Precise Flat-Lay Sizing & Measurements:
Please rely on the exact physical numbers below rather than modern sizing tags, as vintage military tailoring is highly fitted.
This coat perfectly accommodates a modern Men\'s Extra Small (XS) to Small (S), or a vintage size 34-36 frame.
• Pit-to-Pit (Chest Width): 18.5 inches (Total 37\" circumference — ideal for a physical 34–35\" chest to accommodate base layers comfortably)
• Outer Sleeve Length: 22.5 inches (From outer shoulder seam downward to the edge of the cuff)
• Center Back Length: 25.5 inches (From base of the collar seam straight down to bottom hem)
Condition Statement:
Good, structurally sound vintage condition overall with incredible structural integrity. The cotton canvas is thick, pliable, and free of rips, fraying, or dry rot.
Please note: There are highly visible dark orange metallic rust oxide stains present near the lower fold edge of one sleeve cuff (vividly shown in photographs), consistent with storage alongside old metal hardware over many decades. Faint, standard vintage yellowing/patina is visible around interior seams but the exterior body remains remarkably clean.
Fully wearable as-is or a prime candidate for targeted mineral restoration treatments.