UNIFORM, MILITARY

Description: DARK NAVY BLUE WOOL DRESS JACKET WITH TWO BOX PLEATED PATCH POCKETS WITH SCALLOPED POCKET FLAPS ON BREAST SECURED WITH SMALL ALUMINUM BUTTON DESIGNED WITH A CROWN, AND AN ARTILLERY CANNON. FRONT HAS FIVE LARGE ALUMINUM BUTTONS WITH THE SAME DESIGN AS OTHERS, USED TO FASTEN. ON EACH LAPEL IS A COPPER WIRE EMBROIDERED COLLAR TAB OF A GRENADE WITH FIRE COMING OUT THE TOP OF IT. EACH SHOULDER FLAP HAS AN ALUMINUM BUTTON AT THE TOP TO SECURE, A BRASS PIP, A BRASS CROWN WITH RED VELVET, AN ALUMINUM SHOULDER BAR MARKED "R.C.A", AND A MISSING PIN. COLLAR FASTENS WITH A HOOK AT THE NECK. ALSO, EACH CUFF HAS 2 ALUMINUM BUTTONS AND A DECORATIVE SCALLOPED CUFF. INSIDE POCKET HAS A BLACK LABEL MARKED IN SILVER THREAD, "MCGUIRE'S MEN'S WEAR LTD. LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA." LABEL ON THE INTERIOR OF THE HIDDEN POCKET IS MARKED "SUPER RHINO-TEX UNIFORM UNIFORMS UNION MADE SAINTHILL LEVINE", AND TYPED ONTO LABEL IS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, "LT. R.A. JACOBSON 7 3/8", "C41 W36 133", "10-11-61 19680/2", AND "MCGUIRES LTD". SHOULDER FLAPS ARE MISSING INSIGNIA, BUT JACKET IN GOOD SHAPE.

History: DONOR'S LEFTENANT COLONEL'S UNIFORM. 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.