AUSTRALIAN MILITARY WOOL BATTLE DRESS JACKET BY J. SACKVILLE & SONS PTY. LTD. - 1951

AN AUSTRALIAN-MADE MILITARY BATTLE DRESS JACKET IN KHAKI WOOL, DATED 1951, MANUFACTURED BY J. SACKVILLE & SONS PTY. LTD. THE JACKET FEATURES A FIVE-BUTTON FRONT CLOSURE WITH BROWN PLASTIC BUTTONS, TWO BREAST POCKETS WITH BUTTONED FLAPS, SHOULDER EPAULETTES, AND A WAIST-LENGTH CUT WITH A FITTED SILHOUETTE.

IDENTIFICATION:
* MAKER: J. SACKVILLE & SONS PTY. LTD.
* DATE: 1951
* ORIGIN: MADE IN AUSTRALIA
* LABEL: PRINTED CLOTH LABEL INSIDE JACKET WITH FIELDS FOR REGIMENTAL NO., NAME, AND SIZE

CONSTRUCTION:
* OUTER FABRIC: KHAKI WOOL IN A HERRINGBONE-TYPE WEAVE
* LINING: COTTON IN A TAN OR CREAM COLOUR
* CLOSURE: FIVE BROWN PLASTIC BUTTONS TO FRONT
* POCKETS: TWO BREAST POCKETS WITH BUTTONED FLAP CLOSURES
* SHOULDERS: EPAULETTE STRAPS
* CUT: WAIST-LENGTH BATTLE DRESS STYLE WITH FITTED WAIST

CONDITION NOTES:
* THE OUTER WOOL FABRIC SHOWS GENERAL AGE-RELATED WEAR AND SOME DISCOLOURATION
* THE INTERIOR COTTON LINING DISPLAYS FOXING AND STAINING, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LOWER FRONT PANEL AND BUTTON PLACKET AREA
* ALL VISIBLE BUTTONS ARE INTACT
* THE JACKET RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL FORM AND STRUCTURE
* CREASING AND WRINKLING THROUGHOUT FROM STORAGE

MAKER: J. SACKVILLE & SONS PTY. LTD., 1951, MADE IN AUSTRALIA

55X43

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

293645+90

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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