Black canadian uniform

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)

Hi,
Here the link

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Royal_Ca...Armoured_Corps

I'm not saying it doesn't exist. I'm just saying I've seen very little evidence of it. I'd love to be proven wrong and discover that black battledress was in fact used in the armoured corps.

[Ed Storey]

That is an interesting blackened BD blouse and unfortunately we will never know for sure why it was dyed, although I suspect it was done after the war. For a short time the British manufactured, early in the war, blackened BD for armoured use which may explain the uniforms worn on the Ram tank; although coveralls, both in black and KD were popular for wear when mucking about AFVs.

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

hi,
we found on the sleeves we found a crown on the left size and on the oder size i dont know

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)

hi,
we found on the sleeves we found a crown on the left size and on the oder size i dont know

Just wondering, if someone took a regular khaki battledress, removed the patches and died it to make some sort of sports jacket...it would explain things.

That's my best guess net seeing the actual item.

[Jordan Baker]

There is a few more pictures in the link below.

Some are clearly black coveralls and a couple could be black battledress. Unfortunately the pictures aren’t just quite clear enough.

https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/pos...rvice-ram-tank

Regardless it’s and interesting battledress blouse.

[David Dunlop]

Just a thought.

If that blouse was an early issue from a contracted order, it would probably have been made with black wool cloth which would have been pretty much colour fast.

If it was a postwar die job, the colour would have a tendency to bleed. Can it be tested in an inconspicuous spot with a little warm soapy water on a white cloth and see if the colour transfers to the cloth?

David

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Just a thought.

If that blouse was an early issue from a contracted order, it would probably have been made with black wool cloth which would have been pretty much colour fast.

If it was a postwar die job, the colour would have a tendency to bleed. Can it be tested in an inconspicuous spot with a little warm soapy water on a white cloth and see if the colour transfers to the cloth?

David

Hi,
the stiching is all black wire and i did try colour dont transfers

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

There is a few more pictures in the link below.

Some are clearly black coveralls and a couple could be black battledress. Unfortunately the pictures aren’t just quite clear enough.

https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/pos...rvice-ram-tank

Regardless it’s and interesting battledress blouse.

Hi
On the tank Z18 pic you see i think a black battledress blouse