Your answer depends on the environment where the clothes have remained since 1942.
If in a landfill, decay would be quicker than in an environmentally controlled museum exhibit, for example.
15 years
1 year probably
It can take anywhere from 20 to 200 years for a jacket made from synthetic materials such as polyester or nylon to decompose in a landfill. Natural materials like wool or cotton may decompose more quickly, depending on environmental conditions.
Clothes can take anywhere from a few months to hundreds of years to decompose in the environment, depending on the material they are made of. Natural fibers like cotton and wool decompose faster than synthetic materials like polyester and nylon.
Does not decompose
1700 years to decompose
Yes.
how lond does it take to decompose a band aid
iron does not decompose but after a long time and i mean a long time it just starts to flake away but does not decompose
It can take a pair of socks made from synthetic materials like polyester hundreds to thousands of years to decompose in a landfill. However, socks made from natural materials like cotton or wool can decompose in a much shorter time frame, usually within a few months to a few years.
it takes over a year for it to decompose
it takes about 10 years to decompose .