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Wool Coat

Posted by Mariners' Museum on August 12, 2009 0 Comments >

Elsa and Laura are treating fragments of a wool coat recovered from the turret. The coat would be similar to a 4-button pilot coat, and was made of dark blue felted wool. Below, Elsa is pointing out a button hole and a pocket opening in the coat. Even after 140 years on the sea-floor, some [...]

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