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Reference code
2019.202
Title
Bukta Viking Scout Jacket
Date(s)
- undated [1960-1972] (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1
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Name of creator
(1879-)
Administrative history
Bukta was founded as E.R. Buck & Sons by Edward Robinson Buck in 1879, Stockport, Greater Manchester. They were making football kit by at least 1884 when the Nottingham Forest team were photographed wearing Bukta. They became a leading producer of tents, camping equipment and uniforms for the Scout movement along with sportswear. The family sold the company in 1982 and in 2005 the label was relaunched.
Name of creator
(1907-present)
Administrative history
Youth organisation begun by Robert Baden-Powell. In 1908 he named it the Boy Scouts Association. He designed the Scouts uniform, which remained virtually unchanged until the 1960s, and the original badge design of an arrowhead or fleur-de-lis emblem.
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Dark green wool serge zip up jacket with turn down collar. It has two pockets on the front at waist level with angled welted pocket openings. There is a round badge sewn onto the front right chest with the Scouts emblem of a fleur-de-lis in yellow on a black background. The sleeve cuffs have buttoning tabs with black plastic buttons and there is a cinch strap on each side at the hem which fasten with one black plastic button. Unlined. Size 40.
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Label: Bukta Viking / Made in England / Made to the specification / Approved by / The Scout / Association / 40
Materials: wool
Measurements closed:
Pit to pit 24 inches
Pit to cuff 21.5 inches
Back length from nape 29 inches
Materials: wool
Measurements closed:
Pit to pit 24 inches
Pit to cuff 21.5 inches
Back length from nape 29 inches
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Note
In 1972 the membership badge for the Scouts changed to white on purple with an added rope and knot motif.