Kilt with Vest and Vest – Capt. F. W. Macdonald, MC

Personal items for civilian dress – Macdonald tartan (?).

a. Leather Vest (dark brown leather exterior, lined in black wool, without pockets, two bronze gilt with red and green enameled pips sewn in place on each shoulder, front with a vertical row of four large dark brown plastic buttons sewn in place on the right side, facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side, heavily-stitched, measuring 40 mm across the shoulders x 780 mm in length overall)

b. Vest with Kilt (vest exterior in green rayon, lined in white rayon, embroidered label sewn in place inscribed “S & W London” (Swears & Wells, Regent St., London) with the company’s insignia, front with a vertical row of five brown plastic buttons sewn in place on the right side, facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side, black plastic buttons sewn in place on either side at the front bearing the Swears & Wells maker mark, the vest measuring 260 mm across the shoulders x 320 mm in length, the vest sewn in place to a red, white and green wool patterned pleated kilt along the rear seam, the kilt with two leather straps with metal length adjustment buckles sewn in place on either side at the waist, each of the buckles marked “Superbe”, the kilt measuring 290 mm in width x 420 mm in length, the vest lightly soiled)

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Associated name(s)
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Era
1939 – 1945 (WW 2)
Location of artifact
Tower, Tower Numbered location
Classification
Accoutrements
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