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Detail Info
Object ID
1998.139.017
Access Number
1998.139
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Tunic
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Second World War Seaforth Cutaway Tunic - Major General Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister
Title:
Second World War Seaforth Cutaway Tunic - Service Dress
Provenance:
Major General Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister
Badges:
Major General's rank with Canada title on the epaulettes, gorgets, years in service chevrons, Seaforth brass buttons, undress ribbon bar.
Material:
Primary: Wool barathea
Secondary: Rayon lining
Size:
Chest: 42"
Markings:
Tailor's label left breast: "Ed. Byers Major Gen Hoffmeister Vancouver June 1945.
Maker:
Ed. Byers - Vancouver
Damage:
There was likely something pinned to the left breast pocket.
Additional notes:
This is the tunic that Hoffmeister is wearing in the painting of him in the Seaforth Officers' mess.

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