PANTS

Description: NAVY BLUE WOOL UNIFORM PANTS WITH RED STRIPE DOWN THE SIDE, AND TWO FRONT HIDDEN POCKETS. PANTS HAVE A HIGH WAISTBAND IN THE BACK WITH A 'V' SHAPED DIP IN THE CENTRE. FRONT HAS A METAL ZIPPER FLY, WITH A METAL CLIP TO FASTEN. HAS RED WOOL STRIPE DOWN OUTSIDE SEAM OF PANTS, FROM HIP DOWN TO THE CUFF. WAISTBAND HAS TWO NAVY BLUE PLASTIC BUTTONS AT THE BACK, AND TWO ON EACH SIDE IN THE FRONT POCKETS USED TO ATTACH SUSPENDERS TO. INSIDE OF WAISTBAND ON LEFT FRONT, IS A WHITE LABEL MARKED "NAME LT COL RR DAVIDSON", AND "DATE 24/5/56 NO. 716E". AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PANT LEG IS A BOOT STRAP ATTACHED TO A BLACK ELASTIC BAND WITH A COPPER BUTTON. ELASTICITY IS GONE, BUT OTHERWISE PANTS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.

History: DONOR'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.