PANTS

Description: DRAB GREEN WOOL SERGE PANTS WITH A LARGE PATCH POCKET ON THE LEFT THIGH, DESIGNED TO HOLD MAPS AND OTHER ITEMS, AND A SMALLER POCKET ON THE UPPER RIGHT THIGH WAS DESIGNED TO HOLD A FIRST AID DRESSING. ALSO HAS BUTTON FLY, HIP AND ONE BACK POCKET. ON THE CUFF OF THE TROUSERS WERE TABS AND BUTTONS TO SECURE WEB ANKLETS/GATORS. STEEL BUTTONS WERE ALSO PROVIDED FOR THE TROUSER BRACES, AND BELT LOOPS FOR A BELT. STAMPED IN BLACK INK ON THE INSIDE FRONT WAS A SYMBOL WITH AN ARROW INSIDE A "C", THAT INDICATED THEY WERE MADE IN CANADA. ALSO STAMPED ON FABRIC ARE THE FOLLOWING MARKINGS "SIZE 13 BATTLE DRESS TROUSERS SERGE 5 FT. 11" & 6 FT. 0" WAIST 33 TO 34 BREECH 39 TO 40 TIP TOP TAILORS LTD. FBB 1944". HAVE HOLE NEAR WAIST BAND, AND SOME NEAR BUTTON FLY.

History: FOR VALUABLE INFORMATION ON NORM HEINITZ’S MILITARY SERVICE, PLEASE REFERENCE P19960097004, ITS PERMANENT FILE AND ARCHIVAL DONATION 20091074. FINALLY, PLEASE NOTE THAT NORM HEINTIZ’S WIFE MARY DONATED THREE CASED WORLD WAR TWO MEDALS TO THE GALT’ COLLECTIONS DEPT. IN APRIL 2010, BUT THE OFFER WAS NOT ACCEPTED. THE OFFER WAS, HOWEVER, ACCEPTED BY THE GALT’S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE MEDALS WERE DEPOSITED THERE IN NOVEMBER 2010. FOR MORE PHYSICAL DETAILS ON THE MEDALS, PLEASE REFERENCE P19960097004. DONOR MARY HEINITZ PASSED AWAY ON 4 JULY 2013 IN CALGARY, AB..