JACKET

Description: DRAB GREEN WOOL SHORT-WAISTED 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 BUTTONS. A PANTEEN COLLAR IS SECURED BY BUTTON, AND EACH SHOULDER FLAP HAS 1 LARGE CLOTH OFFICERS' PIP, A CLOTH BADGE OF A CROWN, AND ONE DRAB METAL BUTTON. BELOW THE FLAP IS A NAVY BLUE COLORED BADGE MARKED "18 FD" IN RED LETTERS, AND BELOW IS A NAVY BLUE BADGE WITH "ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY" IN RED LETTERS. FABRIC ON INSIDE RIGHT OF COAT IS SLIGHTLY STAMPED IN BLACK "BOND CLOTHES SHOP BLOUSE SERGE 1951 SIZE NO. 13 HEIGHT 5'11" TO 6'0" BREAST 38-39". IN GOOD CONDITION.

History: LEFTENANT COLONEL'S BATTLEDRESS, WHICH 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.