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BluePuttee

19-02-22 12:34 AM

Tartan identification

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Hi everyone,

Could you please help me to identify the tartan on this Canadian made tam o' shanter? I've looked everywhere with no luck.

Thanks, Jeff.

dumdum

19-02-22 05:16 AM

Hi Jeff

I'll have a quick look in my grandfather's tartan book that he bought in Edinburgh in 1920. He was descended from MacLean of Duart and he wrote a note to this effect in the front!:)

Just a thought but if you have a Scottish regalia shop near you, they are very good at this type of request!

CAM	19-02-22 11:10 AM

I am away from my notes but it looks like that worn by 252 Fd Amb

bobanodised

19-02-22 04:01 PM

Tartan

Holes are too wide for a RAMC, RCT, RASC or QA badge.

BluePuttee

19-02-22 07:42 PM

Post-WW2 Nova Scotia Highlanders?

edstorey

20-02-22 01:43 AM

MacDonald Tartan

Quote:

Originally Posted by BluePuttee (Post 573282)

Post-WW2 Nova Scotia Highlanders?

Good call on that tartan especially as the Balmoral label is post-SWW.

cefguy

20-02-22 02:22 AM

Looks like the Lewis tailor's shop is located in Truro Nova Scotia.
Don

BluePuttee

20-02-22 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edstorey (Post 573308)

Good call on that tartan especially as the Balmoral label is post-SWW.

That’s interesting because from what I read, the name Eastern Hat and Cap Manufacturing Co. as seen on the label was changed to Lewis Ltd in 1936?

edstorey

20-02-22 12:00 PM

Balmoral

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Originally Posted by BluePuttee (Post 573315)

That’s interesting because from what I read, the name Eastern Hat and Cap Manufacturing Co. as seen on the label was changed to Lewis Ltd in 1936?

The unissued Eastern Hat and Cap Manufacturing Co. example Balmoral I have in my collection is undated but marked with a Canadian Ordnance post-SWW acceptance stamp.

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