Upgraded the coat -- Amazon cheap, thin cotton wasn't holding up with nights in the 40s locally. After a (rare, first of the season) chest cold didn't lift for several days and some other oddities developed in the innards, stopped by the military surplus store across from Port Authority. I'm known there, very occasional customer for many years, given the cheap, strong togs. Bought my first pair of Corcorans there, I think. When I was at the Ansonia and doing a melodrama in the East Village. Used, but only for film work.
Wehrmacht wool coat with liner. Under $50. The things that a country makes to go to war with are generally the strongest and best things to use. These are mechanisms -- take the best products from the mechanisms, without taking the purposes from the mechanisms.