OVERCOAT

Description: DARK GREEN WOOL OVERCOAT IS LONG AND HAS NOTCHED LAPEL WITH TWO BUTTONHOLES. HAS BROAD WELT SIDE POCKETS. IS DOUBLE BREASTED WITH GOLD BUTTONS THAT ARE BUBBLED. HAVE "CANADA HONI-SOIT-DUI-MAL-Y-PENSE" WITH CROWN AND MAPLE LEAF ETCHED ON SIDE. EPAULET REACHES FROM SHOULDER SEAM TO UNDER COLLAR, FASTENS WITH SAME BUTTON. ARE DARTS ABOVE SIDE POCKETS. SLEEVES ARE STRAIGHT AND REGULAR. ON BACK IS OPEN SLIT IN MIDDLE FROM BOTTOM UP TWO METAL BUTTONS. HAS BACK BELT WITH THREE BUTTONS. ON EDGES OF BELT ON INSIDE ARE UN-SEWN PLEATS, ONE ON EACH SIDE. INSIDE TO ABOUT KNEES IS GREEN COTTON LINING. HAS WHITE TAG WHICH READS IN BLACK A VARIETY OF INFORMATION ON PIECE SUCH AS SIZE. TAG IS WORN AND FRAYED. WOOL SHOWS MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR. INTERIOR HAND MARKED BY "PERRY, W.H.", "106357". INTERIOR INK STAMPED "K45218"

History: WORN BY DONOR IN WORLD WAR II, WAS IN THE MOTOR TRANSPORT CORP. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ACCORDING TO THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, “W. H. “BILL” PERRY PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 17, 1998. PERRY WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 28, 1922. UPON RETURNING FROM OVERSEAS AFTER WWII HE MARRIED LUCILLE MCKANNA IN 1945 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE CHIN AREA AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY. IN 1948 THEY RETIRED, SETTLING IN COALDALE IN 1991 AND TOGETHER THEY TRAVELED.” ACCORDING TO THE LEGION MAGAZINE ONLINE “WILLIAM PERRY SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR TWO, AND WAS ISSUED THE SERVICE NUMBER M106357.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.