JACKET, MESS

Description: RED WOOL WAIST LENGTH MESS JACKET, WITH BLACK COLLAR AND CUFFS. CUFFS, WAISTBAND, SHOULDER FLAPS, AND COLLAR ARE ALL FINISHED WITH A FINE COPPER WIRE EMBROIDERY. THE COLLAR HAS A LARGE GOLD BAND AROUND TOP, AND HAS A COPPER WIRE COLLAR TAB ON EACH SIDE OF COLLAR, OF AN EXPLODING GRENADE. EACH SHOUDER FLAP HAS A SILVER ALUMINUM BUTTON DECORATED WITH AN ARTILLERY CANNON AND A CROWN, USED TO FASTEN. BELOW BUTTON IS AN ORNATE COPPER WIRE CROWN, AND 2 PIPS SEWN ONTO FLAP. ALSO, PINNED ONTO FRONT WITH A SAFETY PIN, IS A COPPER WIRE BADGE OF WINGS. INSIDE ON LEFT SIDE OF FRONT IS A LABEL MARKED "TI-TAN UNIFORMS TAILORED EXCLUSIVELY FOR TIP TOP TAILORS." THERE IS ANOTHER LABEL INSIDE THE HIDDEN POCKET MARKED "TI-TAN UNIFORMS REG'D", "LT. COL. R.A. JACOBSON", "4235 1/2 132 1/2", 11-1-67", "7371", AND "B & R MEN'S WEAR LTD." COPPER WIRE DECORATIONS ARE WORN, BUT FABRIC IS IN GOOD CONDITION.

History: FULL COLONEL'S MESS JACKET BELONGED TO DONOR. 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.