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2025.014.002
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Interwar Seaforth Cutaway Tunic - Major General Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister
Title:
Interwar Seaforth Cutaway Tunic - Service Dress
Provenance:
Major General Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister
Badges:
Brass Seaforth buttons, years in service chevrons, undress ribbon bar with ribbons for: Order of the British Empire , Distinguished Service Order with two rosettes, 1939 - 1945 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with overseas maple leaf, and the Canadian Efficiency Decoration.
Material:
Primary: Wool barathea
Secondary: cotton lining
Size:
Chest: 39"
Markings:
None.
Maker:
None
Damage:
Extensive wear. Marks where gorgets, rank and collar dogs were removed.
Additional notes:
Though not named, the ribbons on the undress ribbon bar mean this tunic could only be Hoffmeister. The construction of the tunic is consistent with other interwar tunics in the collection, and the buttons are 72nd buttons. Belt is missing.

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