Denison smock

[Mike Swan]

On Thursday I received this 1945-dated Evans & Gray Denison from estand. A dealer mate was able to set me up with the belt etc.

And by pure coincidence, "The Eagle Has Landed" featured on TV that night.

Mike

[HAF]

very nice smock

[kiwitedferny]

As a matter of interest - how often were 'wings' and Pegasus patches sewn onto these things? Common? Uncommon?
Very nice smock BTW!

[camouk]

Nice piece.

[SMP]

Nice smock. Good colour !

[andrew b]

Mike , you have an unusual smock there , I am not saying its wrong as many miss matched have turned up , but correct me if I am wrong . You have a 1945 smock which would have been a second pattern and the button cuffs show this , but most second pattern smocks were made in two half's so you would have had a seem down the front and back , yours is in a one piece construction which is normally associated to the 1st pat smock ,
Only my opinion .

[Mike Swan]

Andrew,

I'm afraid I'll have to hope others can comment as I'm completely new to these garments.

A discussion thread can be found in the Commonwealth section when the vendor's father acquired the smock and all the comments were positive. Accordingly, I was very pleased to be able to purchase it.

Mike

[andrew b]

Sorry Mike , but I hadn't seen the original thread about this smock and now with reading it , a different construction has been mentioned in that post .
I was replying to this post where nobody had picked it up , you have a nice unusual Denison smock and I didn't mean to scare you

[lnijherald]

how often were 'wings' and Pegasus patches sewn onto these things?

Qualification wings for regular parachutists and glider pilots were allowed, as well as rank chevrons (right arm only) and pips (both shoulders) but not Pegasus patches.

Luc