JACKET

Description: GREEN WOOL BATTLE DRESS BLOUSE. SHORT LENGTH GARMENT, GATHERED AT WAIST AND SECURED BY A FLY FRONT. TWO BOX PLEATED PATCH POCKETS WITH SCALLOPED POCKET FLAPS ON BREAST, SECURED BY HIDDEN BUTTONS. PANTEEN COLLAR SECURED BY HOOKS & EYES. WAIST SECURED BY SMALL SEWN IN BELT BUCKLED ON THE RIGHT HIP. INTERIOR RIGHT POCKET STAMPED WITH "BATTLE DRESS BLOUSE SERGE SIZE 6 HEIGHT 5'5" - 5'6 BREAST 38-39 HYDE PARK CLOTHING LIMITED MONTREAL 1943". INSIGNIA ON BOTH SHOULDERS INCLUDE ARTILLERY BADGE, "CANADA" FLASH, AND "RCA" FLASH ON TOP. OTHER INSIGNIA HAS BEEN REMOVED; THREADS REMAINING ON GARMENT. INCLUDES: 1-2. SET 2 CHEVRONS. GREEN WOOL BACKING W/ THREE GOLD BRAID STRIPES (SERGEANT) 3. SERVICE CHEVRON. GREEN WOOL BACKING WITH FOUR RED EMBROIDERED STRIPES (FOUR YEARS' SERVICE). WAS SEWN INVERTED TO THE LOWER RIGHT SLEEVE. 4. C.V.S. MEDAL. GREEN, RED, AND BLUE RIBBON BAR, MISSING MAPLE LEAF CLASP AT CENTRE (IMPRINT VISIBLE). RIBBON STITCHED WITH GOLD THREAD AT BACK.

History: UNKNOWN ORIGINAL OWNER. JACKET CAME TO MUSEUM AS PART OF LEGION BRANCH NO. 4 DONATION. THE C.V.S.M. WAS REFERRED TO BY SOLDIERS AS THE "SPAM MEDAL" - INSISTING IT WAS ISSUED FOR EATING LARGE QUANTITIES OF TINNED MEAT; OR AS THE E.B.G.O. FOR "EVERY BASTARD'S GOT ONE". *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE BLOUSE AND ACCOMPANYING MEDAL.