VEST

Description: BLACK WOOL VEST WITH A DOUBLE STRIP OF COPPER EMBROIDERY UP THE CENTRE OF THE FRONT, AND ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT. ON THE FRONT NEAR BOTTOM ON EACH SIDE OF COPPER WIRE IS TWO SMALL POCKETS. UP LEFT SIDE IS A METAL ZIPPER AND BACK OF NECK ALSO HAS A SHORT ZIPPER. BACK OF VEST IS BLACK RAYON, AND FRONT IS LINED WITH A CREAM COLORED RAYON FABRIC. TAG SEWN TO INSIDE OF VEST IS MARKED "TI-TAN UNIFORMS REG'D", "LT. COL. R. A. JACOBSON", "42 35 1/2 132 1/2", "11-1-67", "7371", "M & R MEN'S WEAR LTD." TWO SEAMS ARE COMING APART ON THE BACK CENTRE OF THE VEST, AND ZIPPERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE.

History: FULL COLONEL'S MESS KIT (AND VEST) 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.