General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

unidentified cloth; silk-like lining; brass buttons; nylon (?) rank braid; metal wire badge

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

73.0 cm

Width

68.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

6.0 cm

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Vincent

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

City

Dartmouth

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1960's/ tailored Jan. 8, 1962

Canada

Unknown

Function

part of mess dress uniform. Mess dress is the military equivalent of a tuxedo, worn in the officers' mess and for formal evening functions, both military and civilian. The navy has 2 versions: blue mess dress & white mess dress

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

raised lettering on buttons reads: "CANADA"; lettering in embroidered metal on shoulder badges reads: "CANADA"; embroidered lettering on tailor's tag sewn to pocket inside reads: "V/tailored by/Claude W. Vincent/LTD./SPECIALISTS IN/MILITARY UNIFORMS/DARTMOUTH, CANADA"; lettering on cloth tag sewn inside inner pocket reads: "CUSTOM TAILORED/IN DARTMOUTH, N.S./for LCDR. R.T. MURRAY/Firefly Terr., Shearwater/Jan.8/62/BY/CLAUDE W. VINCENT/No. 6042"

Missing

N/A

Finish

predom. midnight blue (black); brass buttons; gold rank braid; gold & red qualification badge

Decoration

raised anchor & St. Edward's crown surrounded by rope around circumference on buttons; 2 rows standard & 1 row narrow rank braid, top row looped, on sleeves; Pilot's qualification badge consists of centrally located anchor surrounded by laurels surmounted by St. Edward's crown between outstretched wings