Hi guys I have just bought this real minty leather jerkin,broad arrow marked and dated 1944.Who wore them and have i done my brains paying £30 pounds for it.regards Roger
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They were also issued in small numbers to some Canadian units and were worn by sentries as an added layer of warmth, to be turned back in at the end of one's "stag". My informant, who wore one far too often, he said, said that he and his mates called them 'Twenty Pound Coats' because they were forever being "lost" and flogged off to civilians and twenty quid was what his unit eventually started charging anyone who 'lost' one!
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Originally posted by Marc Sherriff View PostThese were worn by members of the RA, RE, ATS and a number of Armoured and Infantry units.
ATS (2nd-pattern) jerkins are :
- narrower in the arm-inset,
- buttoned up the "female side"
- are labelled "jerkins, leather A.T.S."
ATS (1st-pattern) jerkins are :
- narrower in the arm-inset,
- longer than the mens version,
- have a half belt and buckle at the back
- buttoned up the "female side"
- are labelled "jerkins, leather A.T.S."
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