Chris Boonzaier Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi,apparently Canadian tunics are the cheapest because the Canadians could keep theirs after the war (meaning there are more found today than British ones)How do you tell the difference between the two? The Brit and Canadian ones look the same to me :-(BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 If you mean Great war service dress, I think the Canadian ones have 6 buttons as opposed to 5 on British tunics. There could well be more differences but the number of buttons is the only difference I know about.TonyHi,apparently Canadian tunics are the cheapest because the Canadians could keep theirs after the war (meaning there are more found today than British ones)How do you tell the difference between the two? The Brit and Canadian ones look the same to me :-(BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) Hi,apparently Canadian tunics are the cheapest because the Canadians could keep theirs after the war (meaning there are more found today than British ones)How do you tell the difference between the two? The Brit and Canadian ones look the same to me :-(BestChrisChrisApparently the standard issue Canadian tunic actually had seven buttons but, to muddy the waters, they also made a five button version modelled on the British. The only way to tell the latter apart from Brit. is by looking at minute differences in styling. However, I believe that as early as WWI we used a "C broadarrow" marking: the standard British broad arrow mark inside a large letter C. Sorry there's no easy 'tell'.Peter Edited January 21, 2009 by peter monahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) The Canadian 1903 Pattern looked similar to the British 1902 Pattern, but with more brown to the khaki, had seven buttons down the front instead of five, & pointed seams at the cuff.I think that the Canadian buttons were smaller than the ones that the British used to fasten tunics & greatcoats, more the size of the British buttons for fastening shoulderstraps, but I may have got that wrong. The British had worn detachable shoulder straps, the Canadians still did. Edited January 21, 2009 by leigh kitchen Typed in the wrong numebr of buttons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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