Odd Canadian Military Jacket

[Kernalvax]

Tried to google what exactly I have here and came up empty

It looks to be a mix of the 1980's jackets and the old battle dress wool jackets, Its got a internal pocket, and its sized like the old uniforms but its made from a nylon material, its got a intregral hood and buttons for a liner, the wrist tabs are cotton. Its got one or two repairs to the material as well.

-T

 

[stencollector]

The X51 items were trials type items and many were not put into full or long term production. I have a few X51 pieces down in the uniform room somewhere. I believe the term X 51 would have been short for "experimental 1951"

Post your query on this over at http://www.network54.com/Forum/28173/ and you will likely get a lot more definitive answer about your coat.

 

[browningautorifle]

He's correct and it's not very common.

 

[green]

A 27 Bgde vet 1952-4 told me it was on issue in Germany and very unpopular.

 

[camster]

Seek out fellow CGN'er Patt37!

That guy taught me more in a 15 minute phonecall than Google could in years! I think he has his own museum. Awesome source of can-mil-trivia!

 

[wheaty]

Is there a serious collector of Canadian uniforms here ???
Please drop me a pm if you would.
Cheers,

 

[Mk VII]

'dry clean only' - not very smart in an operational theatre.

 

[skirsons]

'dry clean only' - not very smart in an operational theatre.

This was VERY common when organic fabrics were the only ones available. Even our last generation fleeces (just before the OD ones) said dry clean only because of the fact they were made of wool! This is only back in the 1980s!

 

[TCBF]

This was VERY common when organic fabrics were the only ones available. Even our last generation fleeces (just before the OD ones) said dry clean only because of the fact they were made of wool! This is only back in the 1980s!

- We had fleece in the 80s? Never saw it.

 

[recce]

Not fleece. He's talking about the old wool shirts. I loved those things much more than the fleece that replaced it. I washed mine all the time with no problem.