Lot 166
British & Canadian WWI Uniform Lot: Costume House / Display Items
Opening: $50
British & Canadian WWI Uniform Lot: Costume House / Display Items
Mixed lot, includes original WWI Canadian issue trousers with a nice 1915 dated Toronto maker's stamp among numerous postwar costume house markings. This set of trousers has numerous sewn repairs along the waistband suggesting that a waist adjustment strap has been removed, among other injuries and past size adjustments. Other original items include an olive wool knit sweater vest and two pair of gray wool socks. Pattern 07 service coat we believe to be a costume house piece from beginning to end, made with the double dart collar feature but without rifle patches. One of the British general service buttons is hanging loose where the fabric has torn around the attachment point. Interior has costume house stamped markings. Lot further includes a pair of shoes that appear original to the period and look good for display as B5 boots, but it is our assessment that they are simply period 'trade boots' and not a pair of military issue shoes with spurious date and BroadArrow markings added to the soles. They would be excellent candidates to use on a mannequin, leaving your good original pair of B5 boots for separate display. Boots do not include laces.
$100 - $200