National Fire Service Tunic
Date1958
Object NameTunic
MediumFabric with metal buttons
ClassificationsWartime
Dimensions88cm long back, 43cm shoulder to shoulder. 59cm long arms, 39cm across chest
AcquisitionPresented in 2015.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS094876
Keywords
Black wool fabric, double breasted with 12 chrome buttons down the front, each embossed "NFS". The buttons are marked “MCRTON & CROWDR L // BIRMINGHAM" on the rear.
A further single button is found on each shoulder lapel and two on the rear in line with where the belt would wrap round (lacquered belt stays either side).
At neck, two further lacquered metal stays pull the collar together on to a pair of lacquered metal loops.
The interior, bottom right of the tunic has a fabric label which reads; "TUNIC, FIREMEN, D.B. // F.S. 6. // Contract No.6/Clc/25649/1. // ------- // Size No. 10 // Height 5ft. 7ins. to 5ft. 8ins // Breast 38 ins // Waist 34ins // ------- // J. Compton, Sons & Webb, Ltd., // London // 1958". There is also a Broad Arrow mark and blue pen annotations which are hard to make out but read "24 120", "38" and "8".
20th Century
Possibly 1920s - 1930s
