Name/Title
1917 Royal Flying Corps service dress jacket "Lieut. Fitzgerald"Entry/Object ID
2016.11.1Description
1917-1918 Royal Flying Corps service dress jacket, khaki green wool, famous single-breasted "maternity" style (5 internal plastic buttons). Stitched "stand and fall" collar with brass bar and hook closure. Stitched shoulder straps 5 x 11 cms with khaki/white/red-brown cotton/wool rank "pips" for Lieutenant. Angled French style cuffs, two flapped pockets at waistline, at rear are two "L" shaped brass hooks for wearing of brown leather Sam Browne waistbelt. Lining of gray-green silk or sateen and orange-yellow for collar.Made/Created
Date made
1917 - 1918Notes
Date: 1917Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
white tag sewn inside left breast pocket:
"BEAUCHAMP & HOW LTD. 97 KING STREET WEST, TORONTO J.B. FITZGERALD AUG 17.17"Dimensions
Length
80 cmDiameter
1.5 cmCircumference
75 cmDimension Notes
arm length 61
