Double breasted waistcoat with cut away back and shoulder straps made of black wool with orange red pin stripe. The waistcoat has wide pointed lapels and has six buttons to the front - fastening with two. The collar is cut away from the back of the waistcoat. There is an additional button and button hole on the underside to secure the front overlap. It has three jetted flapped pockets to the front, two on the right and one on the left, they are still sewn shut.
The back of the waistcoat neck has been cut in a deep V with two shoulder straps which fasten with buttons and two button holes for size adjustment to the inside front panels at the collar bone. There is a black fabric label sewn into the middle of the outside back with JEAN PAUL GAULTIER HOMME woven into it below a horizontal hanging loop. It has a centre vent at the back and is lined in orange and pink shot twill viscose rayon. Label in the back of the neck. Size 50.
Jean Paul Gaultier HommeDark olive green cotton parka with hood - to be worn with liner 2020.74.2 and fur trimmed hood 2020.74.3. The parka fastens centre front with a heavy silver coloured metal zip, with 'CONMAR' etched into the zip head, and seven metal press studs with 'UNITED CARR' etched into the back. It has two large angled flapped pockets on each side of the centre opening at waist level and a U.S. ARMY label in yellow on black sewn on to the left chest. There are drawstrings at the waist, around the hood, and around the bottom hem. The hood drawstrings have leather stoppers.
The back of the parka is longer than the front and curves to a point with a small V creating the 'fishtail'. The inside has green plastic buttons around the sides, neck, hood and cuffs to button on the hood liner and body liner. The sleeve cuffs fasten with an elasticated pull tab and large olive green plastic button.
Handwritten in dark pen inside the back of the neck is 1-HQ209. Manufacturers stamp in black on the inside of the hood at the back of the neck.
Albert Turner & Co. Inc.