Country of Design: France
French Armed Forces
Flight suit made from a khaki coloured, woollen fabric. Flight suit is front fastening via a talon zip on a concealed placket that fastens closed with poppers. Suit has a stand collar which also fastens with poppers. There is an attached belt with metal buckle which is held in place by belt loops. There is an angled patch pocket on the right of the chest and a large patch pocket to the right lower front leg. There are inseam, vertical pockets at either side of the waist. At each cuff [of the sleeves and the legs] there is a vertical slit with a zip closure and a popper fastening. The flight suit is unlined.
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British Army Grenadier Guards drummers dress tunic in red facecloth wool. The front of the jacket is decorated with horizontal stripes of white woven tape - called lace - which decrease in width from the shoulder to the waist. The lace is woven with a repeated pattern of blue fleur-de-lis. The lace is also sewn in an upwards-pointed chevron pattern down the sleeves, on the wings at the shoulders, over the seams down the sleeves, around the collar, and over the seams on the back of the tunic. It fastens with two metal hooks and eyes at the neck and eight silver-coloured metal buttons (one missing) with the Grenadier Guards Elizabeth II emblem and 'FIRMIN LONDON' on the underside. There are four of the same buttons on each cuff, two on the back waist, eight on the back tails and two smaller ones on the epaulettes. The cuffs are faced in blue wool cloth as are the epaulettes. The stand collar and edges of the shoulder wings are trimmed in blue and white fringing. It has two large brass-coloured metal hooks at the back waist for a belt (missing). The right sleeve shoulder has a goldwork badge of a drum, the left has a synthetic fabric printed badge of a Union Jack flag. Torso and sleeves lined in white twill fabric with circular quilting stitches around the armholes. The skirts are lined in red fabric. Staining and handwritten marks on the lining. Inside stand collar stained. Wear and fraying to some of the lace and fringing.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Keywords: Ceremonial uniform, dress uniform, military, musicians
Grenadier Guards
Single-breasted coat constructed from blue doeskin wool featuring a stand-up collar decorated with figured braiding in a Regimental pattern. Each sleeve is decorated with figured braiding that extends 12 inches from the bottom of the cuff. Down the front, there are six loops of ¾-inch black braid on each side, with two olivettes on each loop; the top two loops reach up to the shoulder seams, while those at the waist measure 4 inches in length. The coat has ¾-inch braid detailing on the outer sleeve seams and back seams, with decorative eyes and fringe at the waist and tassels on the back skirts.
Country of Design: United Kingdom.
Dege & Skinner
Herringbone weave cotton shirt in olive green with all-over camouflage pattern in dark brown and dark green. It has a turn down collar, two pleated patch pockets to the chest that have button fastening flaps, buttons epaulettes to the shoulders and button cuffs.
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Camouflage printed jacket with turn down collar, zip and hook and loop front centre fastenings and drawstring waist. The print is in light green, dark green, brown and black. It has two vertical zipped pockets to the upper chest on each side of the front opening, two small patches to the chest each with two metal D-rings attached and two large, pouched, flapped patch pockets to the front below the waist. There is a small pouched patch pocket with flap to the left sleeve at the upper arm. Pocket flaps and cuffs fasten with hook and loop patches.
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Olive green coated cotton hooded overcoat with alpaca pile fabric lining. It has a drawstring around the hood, wide belt at waist with plastic buckle, fastens centre front with a metal Talon zip and buttoned storm placket. Two large angled flapped pockets at front hips and one pointed flapped patch pocket button fastening (button missing) to the left chest with ‘U.S.N.’ stamped in black. Hood has a buckled tab vertically down the back for adjustment.
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Navy smock constructed from cotton Ventile, featuring a hood with a fold-down peak secured by a press stud and a fold-out face guard for added protection. Four adjustable straps on the back of the hood to adjust it to fit. The interior of the hood is cut to allow space for a headset. Two tabs on the jacket’s front secure communication cables with press studs, preventing tangling.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Royal Navy
This suit, made from polyester and nylon, is equipped with a hose connector that attaches to the aircraft’s anti-G system, allowing it to inflate and deflate a series of internal air bladders along the abdomen and legs. When inflated, these bladders apply pressure to the abdomen and legs, tightening the fabric around the sides and back of the legs to counteract the effects of G-forces. A manufacturer’s label with Chinese characters and a date in Western Arabic numerals is located inside the right shoulder.
Country of Design: China.
Chinese Air Force
