service dress trousers
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19970085-002
- Event 1986 SEQ.
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Ballin Inc
- Date Made December 1985
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1985/12/01
- Latest 1985/12/31
- Inscription BALLIN INC.; TROUSERS, MEN'S S.D; HVY. WT., SEA; 8405-21-899-0445; Size: 7334; DECEMBER 1985; 65% WOOL; 35% POLYESTER.
- Materials Mammal wool, Polyester
- Rank Commander
- Service Component Canadian ForcesRoyal Canadian Navy
- Measurements Length 108.5 cm, Width 33.6 cm
- Caption Uniform, Commander William Kern
- Additional Information This Distinctive Environmental Uniform (DEU) belonged to Commander William Kern, a naval medical officer. Canada abolished the tri-service uniform in 1985 and replaced it with DEUs. Navy, army, and air force personnel received summer and winter outfits that differed between the three services. While the new naval uniforms were superficially similar to their Royal Canadian Navy predecessors, they differed in a number of ways. Most notably, they were black rather than dark blue. The rank stripes on the jacket sleeves also differ; the "executive curl", a small circular loop on the uppermost stripe, did not appear on the naval DEU.