Service Dress Jacket, E.F. Conover

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Lorne Scots Regimental Museum

Name/Title

Service Dress Jacket, E.F. Conover

Entry/Object ID

96.3.1 / 84.6.07

Description

An officer's khaki service dress jacket, tropical worsted and highland cut. Named to E.F. Conover, with gold Lorne Scots demi-lion buttons.

Use

The hot weather Service Dress worn by Canadian Army officers during the Second World War.

Context

Major E.F. Conover was a substantial personality in the Lorne Scots for much of the 20th Century. Conover expressed his desire to to see the Lorne Scots Regimental Museum become more professional and established.

Made/Created

Date made

1942