JACKET

Description: OLIVE DRAB WOOL TUNIC WITH BROWN FELT EPAULETS. TUNIC HAS NOTCHED LAPEL AND TAILORED SLEEVES. HAS FOUR BUTTON FRONT CLOSURE. AT LEFT BREAST IS FLAP POCKET WITH BUTTON HOLE ON WINGED EDGE FLAP. AT LOWER PART OF BOTH PANELS ARE FLAP POCKETS WITH STRAIGHT FLAPS. BROWN FELT EPAULETS ARE STITCHED TO SHOULDER WITH HOLE AT END FOR BUTTON. ALL BUTTONS ON JACKET ARE MISSING. ON EACH SHOULDER IS RED, WHITE AND BLUE BADGE. BADE IS DIAMOND SHAPE WITH RED BORDER. INSIDE IS RED MAPLE LEAF AND FOUR BLUE ARROWS POINTING IN EACH DIRECTION. COAT HAS SLIGHTLY NARROWED WAIST AND EXPANDED BREAST. INSIDE HAS NYLON LINING AND HANGING LOOP AT BACK OF NECK. INSIDE LEFT PANEL IS SHALLOW WELT POCKET. INSIDE RIGHT PANEL IS WELT POCKET WITH VERTICAL OPENING AND NYLON EDGING. SEWN AT POCKET OPENING IS WHITE LABEL WHICH READS "S. RUBEN LIMITED JACKETS, C.W.A.C. WINTER 1951" AND "SIZE 22 REGULAR BUST 42 1/2". JUST BESIDE LABEL IN FADED PURPLE INK IS "C" WITH BROAD ARROW INSIDE. BESIDE THAT IS RECTANGULAR BLACK INK STAMPED WITH "R.L.C." AND "14 ROD" INSIDE IT.

History: JACKET IS CANADIAN WOMEN'S AUXILIARY CORP WINTER TUNIC FROM 1951. THE BADGES ON SHOULDERS ARE ACE MOBILE INSIGNIA. JACKET WAS FOUND IN STORAGE AT THE ARMOURIES AND DONATED BY 18TH AIR DEFENSE REGIMENT. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE WAS UNABLE TO DISCOVER NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE OBJECT BECAUSE IT WAS COLLECTED IN THE INTEREST OF REPRESENTING TYPOLOGY RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP. NO UNIQUE MARKINGS TO HELP IDENTIFY ORIGINAL OWNER.