They Had 500 Years of Democracy and Peace, and What Did That Produce?

I blogged the last one, so I may as well blog this one too.  (In other words: yes, this is a relatively useless entry.)

Swiss manufacture (as evidenced by the little crosses everywhere, and the fact that the backs of the buttons are marked "BERN"), of an unknown age.  (The guy who sold it to me claimed 80+ years, but I didn't believe him even before I bought it.  Someone else told me about 50-60, but I don't know whether I believe that either.  Anyways, old enough to get a very musty smell to it.  It needs to be aired out a bit, as well as a bit of cleaning done to it to get some stuff off of one of the cuffs.)  Not too bad of a fit; it could stand to be about one button tighter in the back, but it fits well enough as is.  (Which is surprising, given my relative lack of anything that could be even remotely described as girth.)  In good enough condition, although the bottom is unhemmed, and looking a bit worn.  Seems warm enough (being wool), and is heavy — I gain a good 5 to 6 pounds when I put it on.

The only thing I can't figure out is if it was originally meant to be worn with some sort of separate liner (as some longer coats were).  There are a couple of button holes in places that makes me think that's a possibility, but I really don't know enough about these things to say for sure.  (And, as a note, both sleeves appear to be the same size, making this one of better workmanship than the Soviet jacket.)