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Jacket - RCAC Battledress

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Material
Wool
Manufacturer
Bond Clothes Shops
Description
1 jacket : wool, olive with military patches; 50 x 44 cm
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Collection
Military Artifacts
Title
Royal Canadian Ordance Corps Jacket
Manufacturer
Bond Clothes Shops
Subject Access
1950s
Military
Clothing
Canadian Army
Category
Clothing
Sub-Category
Military
Geographic Access
Aurora
Place Of Manufacture
United States
Start Date
1953
Description
1 jacket : wool, olive with military patches; 50 x 44 cm
Public Description
A Canadian battledress jacket worn by soldiers from the late 1930s to 1960s. This particular battledress was manufactured in 1953. The patches on the left arm indicate this jacket was for the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, which was the administrative corps of the Canadian army. This part of the army was in charge of the forts, ammunition, stores, buildings, and a British ordnance (guns/artillery) depot.
Material
Wool
Culture
Cadets
Width
44
Length
50
Units Of Measurement
centimeters
Number Of Parts
1
Accession No.
2022-1299
Type
Artifact
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