A british battle dress july 1944 - marking question

[Robert Noss]

Have a question about the marking in a british battle dress, made july 1944

The maker's marking is clear to me

But what is the meaning of that stamp ?

Is it a unit stamp ?

Any help is appreciated, as always.

Kind regards

Robert

[chippo]

correct me if I am wrong, guys, but isn't it the C broad arrow stamping, which indicates it was made in Canada and is Canadian military property?

- Chris

Edited May 20, 2007 by chippo

[Tony]

correct me if I am wrong, guys, but isn't it the C broad arrow stamping, which indicates it was made in Canada and is Canadian military property?

- Chris

Think you're correct there Chris. There is also a Farnham in Canada so, must be a Canadian made blouse.

Tony

[chippo]

thanks for the confirmation, Tony. Battledress blouses aren't my forte

- Chris

[Robert Noss]

Thank You, gentlemen.

One last question.

As this jacket was made in Canada, does that necessarily mean it was only for Canadian troops, or were the jackets produced in Canada also issued to British troops ?

Kind regards

Robert

[chippo]

I am pretty sure they were made in Canada for all Commonwealth countries (except Australia as we wore a different style blouse) to wear. I know Australian made battledress blouses (in this pattern even though we didn't use them) were used by British, Canadian and South African troops.

- Chris

Edited May 20, 2007 by chippo

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Robert

The arrow-head marking by the way is found on many British Military Items,

even the stone walls of Castlebar Military Barracks (1828) have this marking,

to denote Military property.

Kevin in Deva

[RichardT]

I'm a little late on this subject but Canada started manufacturing this type of battledress in September 1939, following the pattern of the 1937 British battledress. Several variations of 37 pattern battledress can be found and Canada certainly was not the only manufacturer. The Brits were already doing so. If the battledress was manufactured for another country, it would not be marked with the "C broad arrow". The manufacturer normally marked his company name and size in the battledress. The "C broad arrow" mark said this is Canadian government property, for issue to Canadian troops.

The "C broad arrow" marking was found on virtually all Canadian military owned property from battledress, to rifles, Stenguns, tents, F-S knives, etc. as was the "broad arrow" found on British military property.

Hope this helps.

Richard