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Canvas Rucksack with Metal Frame and Great Britain Badge
2017.256 · Item · 1940s-1960s
Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
Green canvas cotton rucksack or backpack with cream cotton webbing straps and fastenings and a green metal frame which can be unfastened from the bag. Glued onto the top of the bag is a black shield shaped badge with two Union Jack flags crossed over 'GREAT BRITAIN' in gold thread and bordered in gold thread. Printed on the inside of one strap is 'CA333'. It has one large pocket across the front with two pouched pockets on each side. The pockets close with cotton webbing straps and metal fasteners. The bag closes with a heavy cream cotton cord drawstring and a flap which fastens with two straps. Inside the top flap is a lining of blue plastic and a zipped pocket - the zip is 'Lightening / MADE IN FRANCE'. Leather section which the back straps thread through to attach the metal frame has torn away from the bag.
Country of Manufacture: France [zip] Designer unknown
Hammond & Co. Ltd Red Hunting Coat
2019.171 · Item · 1934
Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
Scarlet red wool bespoke tailored hunting coat with waist seam and full skirts. Tattersall check wool lining. Buttons have been removed. Four interior pockets with zip closures - two at the chest and two 'poachers' pockets in the skirts. Zips with 'LIGHTENING' on the tabs. Staining and damage to the exterior of the coat. Tailoring label on inside of right chest interior pocket.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England Hammond & Co. Ltd