JACKET

Description: DRAB GREEN WOOL SHORT-LENGTH JACKET, GATHERED AT THE WAIST AND SECURED BY 4 DRAB STEEL BUTTONS ON THE FRONT AND A SMALL SEWN IN BELT WHICH BUCKLED AT WAIST ON RIGHT HIP. HAS TWO POCKETS WITH SCALLOPED POCKET FLAPS PLACED ON THE BREAST AND ARE SECURED WITH HIDDEN STEEL DRAB BUTTON. A PANTEEN COLLAR WAS SECURED BY BUTTON, AND EACH SHOULDER FLAP HAS 3 CLOTH OFFICERS' PIPS (CAPTAIN) A NAVY BLUE COLORED BADGE MARKED "18 FD" IN RED LETTERS. BELOW THE FLAP IS A NAVY BLUE BADGE WITH "ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY" IN RED LETTERS. FABRIC ON INSIDE RIGHT OF COAT IS STAMPED IN BLACK "BATTLE DRESS BLOUSES SERGE SIZE 13 HEIGHT 5'11" TO 6'0 BREAST 38 TO 39 TIP TOP TAILORS LTD 1951". CONDITION LIKE NEW, EXCEPT FOR LOOSE THREADS ON FRONT ON TOP OF LEFT POCKET WHERE IT APPEARS SOMETHING MAY HAVE BEEN SEWN TO THE GARMENT.

History: HISTORY OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER DONOR WAS THE LAST COMMANDER OF THE 18TH FIELD REGIMENT BEFORE IT SWITCHED TO THE 18TH AIR DEFENSE REGIMENT. DONOR WAS LATER COLONEL JACOBSON, COMMANDER OF SOUTH ALBERTA MILITIA DISTRICT, AND FINALLY COLONEL COMMANDANT OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY. SOME UNIFORMS ARE FROM 1967-1970 (WITH MISSING PIECES) OF AN ARTILLERY OFFICER. COLLECTION WAS COMPLETE BUT SOME PIECES WERE LOST WHEN DONATED TO THE 18TH BATTERY, AND THEY WERE LATER RETURNED TO HIM ANONYMOUSLY. ARTIFACTS WERE DAMAGED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN 1981, WHEN DONOR'S HOME BURNED DOWN. DONOR IS NOW JUDGE RONALD JACOBSON. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE P19960106001-GA, AND THE ARCHIVES FILE P19901044000-GM.