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Pair of 'Olive Green' trousers and shirt

Accession Number

1075.2013.1(a-b)

Object Name

Pair of 'Olive Green' trousers and shirt

Created

18/04/2013

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

18/04/2013

Brief Description

Suit of 'jungle use' OG's - military trousers and shirt.

Materials

cotton

Dimensions

trousers - 102(l) cms shirt - 92(l) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Colour

olive green

Provenance

These are not a set of trousers that you would normally use for mountaineering, unless the mountains were in a jungle,since they are a pair of OG's or Olive Greens which were used by the British Army out in Singapore/Malaya in the 1960's though they probably date back to World War II. Founder of the Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection, Mick Tighe, was a young Royal Marine back in 1969 and was posted to Singapore and issued with this pair of OG's which he wore 'up country' in Malaya on jungle patrols. Mick was having a clearout and while not strictly mountain heritage, he thought there was a little historical value. The fairly unique waist belt system is quite interesting.
We've added the OG shirt to the trousers as the pair constitute a suit or outfit (sorry no jungle boots.) Both have had their labels washed out but would almost certainly have been made by a UK based clothing manufacturer on a Governmnet contract.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

18/04/2013

Condition Check Date

18/04/2013

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

18/04/2013

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