Wool Coat Green
Admiral Digby Museum
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| Object Name: | Wool Coat Green |
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| Object Type: | Coat |
| Category: | Outerwear |
| Material: | Wool body Metal buttons Embroidered emblems |
| Accession Number: | 2021.197.14 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1/1/1942 |
| Latest Production Date: | 12/31/1946 |
| Description: | A green trench coat. Has a stand-and-fall collar with metal hook and eye at throat. Shoulder straps on each shoulder that are sewn in on one side and fastened with metal buttons on the other. Light brown shoulder patches on each shoulder with white embroidery. Lapel collar. Two waist pockets. Three button closure. Back waist belt with buttons holding it together. Two button closure on the bottom half of the back. Each button is embellished with the Canadian emblem and Canada. |
| Narrative: | Used in in the Army by Mechanical Engineer Sgt. Thurston Banks who served from 1942 to 1946. Thurston Banks was born and raised in Rossway, N.S. He was a Canadian Heavy Weight boxer, and was runner up for best in Canada Armed Forces. |
| Length: | 6 ft |
| Width: | 4 ft |
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| Institution City: | Digby |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |