service dress skirt
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20050136-003
- Event 1945-1989 Cold War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer D'Allaird Mfg. Co. Ltd
- Date Made May 1970
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1970/05/01
- Latest 1970/05/31
- Brand Name / Model Style No. 2
- Inscription (label/étiquette): D'ALLAIRD MFG. CO. LTD. SKIRT WOMEN'S WORSTED SERGE NAVY BLUE STULE NO. 2 MAY, 1970 SIZE 16S; ABRA, E.M. 035
- Materials Mammal wool, Plastic
- Branch Naval Operations BranchWomen's Royal Canadian Naval Service
- Service Component Canadian Forces
- Unit HMCS Carleton
- Measurements Length 52.0 cm, Width 36.5 cm
- Caption Uniform, Chief Petty Officer Eleanor Abra
- Additional Information Eleanor Abra, a naval reservist, was issued this pre-unification style of naval uniform in 1973. Abra, who served in HMCS Carleton, the naval reserve unit in Ottawa, Ontario, received a dark blue uniform of a pattern introduced in 1957. The jacket itself dates to that year, while the skirt and other pieces were made at later dates. Although the Royal Canadian Navy became part of the Canadian Forces in 1968, with its distinctive uniforms being replaced by a green uniform common to all three services, the naval reserves were slower to make the change.