Item 2017.281 - Swedish Army Trousers

2017.281

Swedish Army Trousers

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Grey wool trousers with removable leather buckle straps at the cuffs. They fasten with a button fly and have 10 grey plastic buttons on the waistband for braces. The waistband also has seven belt loops. The trousers have two angled pockets at the hips with flaps that button with a grey plastic shank button with the three crown emblem of Sweden. There is one large patch pocket with a flap on each thigh, and one jetteded pocket on the right back which closes with a button and loop. The cuffs are made of grey cotton canvas with a metal clip (to fasten to the boots) and a dark grey cotton gusset which can be tightened with the leather straps. The pockets are lined in dark grey cotton. The inside of the waistband is stamped in black ink with makers label of an oval and text (unreadable), '96' and '1960'.
Country of Design: Sweden
Keywords: Military uniform, army uniform, combat uniform

Wool, leather, cotton
Colour/Print: Grey