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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

About MeNational Fire Service firemen tunic.

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".