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Looks like a yeti.

Somewhere in war-torn Europe a Yeti is freezing!

As the photo caption reads, a bunch of these fur coats, of no set pattern, were issued during the winter of 1914. They are kind of a throwback to the sheep or goat skin "poshteens" worn during the Afghan Wars of 30 years earlier. - probably very practical, but certainly funny looking.

Couvi wrote:Somewhere in war-torn Europe a Yeti is freezing!

With all due respect to Brian I think we've just learned why Yeti's went extinct in Europe!!!

wkambic wrote:

Couvi wrote:Somewhere in war-torn Europe a Yeti is freezing!

With all due respect to Brian I think we've just learned why Yeti's went extinct in Europe!!!

I'm dialing the History Channel and Animal Network as we speak. . . .

Maybe we could transplant some from Washington State.

Hoo boy!

Apparently, as they were sourced very quickly, many of these goat skin coats were not well tanned and "eau de goat" was a prominent feature of their use.

Reese Williams wrote:Apparently, as they were sourced very quickly, many of these goat skin coats were not well tanned and "eau de goat" was a prominent feature of their use.

Another aspect of the Great War, i.e., the stench, that we miss in any sort of photographic or modern portrayal.

Of course, that's true of World War Two as well.

"We were getting ready to fight Germany and Japan. . . but instead we were stinking up America". Biloxi Blues.