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Old 03-05-13, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by chaudiere1944 View Post
It would appear there is a tremendous diversity that exists with the Regiment in what they had and wore. Picture four is of what looks like a variant of a Dennison Smock with a photograph of the Lieutenant who wore it during the war attached to it.
I'm certainly no expert on Canadian material, but that's certainly not a Denison smock. It looks like a fairly standard Windproof jacket, worn by British and Canadian troops from the Autumn of 1944. It has a hood & was meant to be worn with over trousers in the same camouflage.
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