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Hello all, Since the previous entry, my collection Guernsey, that enriched by two: dark green (V-neck, unfortunately, because I know that most of you do not value them) and traditional in navy blue. However, I have another question: is the Guernsey Woolens sleeveless jacket with full zipper...

I do not do advertising. I reserve, because it happens differently. I sometimes look at ebay, because cool things happen. In any case, I've spotted something the seller calls "RAF Aircrew Frock WW2". And it really looks like a frock. It's long enough, there's something that looks like a mock...

Thank you very much. I used to go to hmvf.co.uk and it is a good source of information. Of these tags (or rather, photos of tags) military sweaters, which I have first with numbers NSN, appear in copies from the early 70s. Which does not preclude the contracting party or the producer from...

Hello, for sub sweater enthusiasts, ebay has two cool specimens from the time of the Second World War. Issued under the slogan: Military WW2 Royal Navy Roll Neck Sweaters Jumpers Uniform Naval Arctic (5216) By the way, to Mariner: I saw the auctions of your submarine jersey. In one - some time...

He is black. It is a fault of the careless photograph. I watched epaulettes and the badge: I have a bit of practice – and patiences – and I think that I will let remove the council is eating without damaging the sweater. They are original, and most probably it is a good bit of history, but they...

Hello, familiar gave in the last weekend me the Black Guernsey jumper. She found him at home in the attic. But in the Polish army. And the sweater is clearly British. For her the father was a serviceman. But in the Polish army. And the sweater is clearly British. A production is feeling Guernsey...

Exactly very pretty Pick sub sweater turned up to Ebay. From the contract number I suppose it is generation 1978 (rather) or 1979. For watching under the...

So. Little they are writing about their history. It is a quotation from their website: “T W Kempton (Corporate Clothing) Limited was formed as an independent company in 1989, but its roots go back over 75 years as it was previously the specialist military knitwear division of a larger group.”

Because intelligent people like wool sweaters.;) On name tags I learnt looking at contracts numbers and NSN numbers on British Internet forums enthusiasts of the uniform. Copies appeared e.g. of jackets smock, whether ventile deck jacket. It is worthwhile knowing, which object is real, and who...

Hello I am new in this topic. I would like to establish, which companies produced jumpers and jersey for the British MoD. It is about contractual sweaters. So far I managed to establish such producers wooly pully, that is Pattern 1955 and Jersey Man Heavy: SD & Ltd. – years 50., 60. Turner &...

Hello, I would like to establish, which companies produced Royal Navy jersey white or RAF roll neck for the British MoD. It is about contractual sweaters. So far I managed to establish such producers: H. Gilbey – years 40. S. D. Stratton & Sons Ltd – years 50. E. & W. Ltd. – years 50., J & S...

We are enthusiasts of English sweaters. He isn't yielding to the doubt. Here I have the curiosity: sweater who wasn't certainly done according to specification M.O.D. It is a sweater of the diver from Russia. Russian actor Dmitriy Orłow in the diving sweater in the action shot „The most...

These specifications interest me. They include all wool accessories, i.e. wolly pully, jersey white, jersey seaman, scarves, socks? For every element is she different? From older times. Such is a “Royal Navy Uniforms 1930 – 1945” [J Martin. Brayley] and I am thinking, whether for her not to buy...

I have jersey man ’ heavy in the navy colour from 1982. There was a martial law in Poland then, and Great Britain fought over the Falkland Islands. At us the boss of the Eastern European mafia died- I apologise: boss of the communist party - Leonid Brezhnev, and somewhere or other behind the...

There is exactly a Pick example on Ebay jersey white. After the name tag – CT4A/1854, undated of production - it seems that it is about a sweater produced round about 1986-87. One from earlier Pick jersey white – CT4A/1071 he has the date and it is 1982. Next Jersey Mans’s Heavy olive round neck...