Associated with 2017.08.01-15. Dark blue wool military coat from a RCAF uniform. 4 Brass buttons cast with [RCAF] and some with a plane on the front button up the front. There are 4 additional buttons on both left and right breast pocket and waist pocket. In the right breast pocket and waist pocket were a few fragments of paper and a photograph (See 2017.08.10). Above the left breast pocket is a patch embroidered with a wing and the letter "E". Around the waist is a belt of the same navy wool with a buckle. The interior of the jacket is lined with a synthetic fabric in a lighter shade of blue. There are 2 labels on the interior right breast pocket. The first black embroidered on in silver [Dover's Ltd / Cornwall / Kingston / Ottawa ]. The second is in the interior of the right breast pocket, white and stamped with black text [ Amalgamated General Works / Copywrite 1939 / by ACW of A ]. There is no size on this coat but the shoulder width is 18 inches.
Collection
Military Uniforms
Cataloged By
Whit, Elizabeth
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Uniform, Military
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Uniform
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Status Symbols
Nomenclature Class
Personal Symbols
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Coats, Uniforms, Military uniforms
Search Terms
Clothing, RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
