service dress shirt
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19840126-035
- Event 1945-1989 Cold War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Caledon
- Date Made 1966/12
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1966/12/01
- Latest 1966/12/31
- Inscription CALEDON DEC 1966 SIZE NO; S Colson 64048-E
- Materials Cotton
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Measurements Length 64.2 cm, Width 50.3 cm
- Caption Sailor's Uniform, mid-1960s
- Additional Information This sailor's uniform from the mid-1960s was among the last issued by the Royal Canadian Navy. Although still made of dark blue wool, it incorporated post-war changes like a zippered fly to replace the buttoned drop front on the trousers. Manufactured in 1966 and 1967, its various elements were issued near the end of the existence of the Royal Canadian Navy, just before its transformation into part of the Canadian Forces. Within a few years, such traditional attire would be replaced with a green tri-service uniform common to navy, army, and air force.