need help to identify a battledress

[Walkwolf]

They need to be the green painted metal type, although if you can find
used ones most of the paint will likely be worn off.........

[Boudionovka]

They need to be the green painted metal type, although if you can find
used ones most of the paint will likely be worn off.........

Thanks Walkwof for your ansver, i wil begin with those to wait painted

[Loupie1961]

Thanks Walkwof for your ansver, i wil begin with those to wait painted

I hate to contradict, but the green painted metal type are Canadian, and would not fit a British BD: what you need are brass unpainted dished buttons, since this BD blouse is a 1937 Pattern: you can find them every now and then on ebay. Good luck!

[Walkwolf]

Lol - This was what I'm used to seeing ! - Loupie, could you
post pics of the correct type buttons ?

[A.J. Zawadzki]

Hi Steve - Canadian painted BD buttons and the early British brass type. I don't recall ever seeing the British ones painted.

Regards,
Tony

[The Boy In Battle Dress]

I can remember when I was younger my grandmother had a huge tin of buttons. I used to spend hours picking out the military ones, i can remember she had a lot of the early BattleDress buttons, along with a few regimental ones. But when i think about it I'm not actually sure what happened to the tin which is annoying.......

[FtrPlt]

The blouse shown at the beginning of this thread is not a P37 blouse. The original pattern blouses did not have drill lining around the collar, in addition to other differences (pocket placement, etc).

The jacket shown is a 1940 pattern