necktie
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19970085-024
- Event 1986 SEQ.
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made April 1988
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing accessory
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1988/04/01
- Latest 1988/04/30
- Inscription 8440-21-899-1182; 65% WOOL/LAINE; 35% POLYESTER; DRY CLEAN ONLY; NETTOYAGE A SEC SEULEMENT; CA 00472 4/88
- Materials Mammal wool, Polyester
- Service Component Canadian Forces
- Measurements Length 141.0 cm, Width 7.5 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.