I'll start with an apology - I'm sorry for starting a new thread on these....I just couldn't find an appropriate "donor" to bolt this one onto...I prefer to look through a "book" rather than loads of short "leaflets" - sorry
I can't resist dirty ol' scrimmed-up lids...and this hessian-covered one looks like its been additionally camo'd by the Avian Regiment.....or that just might be my imagination.
'nice rich brown interior, stamped "F09" ('couldn't find owt else), '59 LTD liner blah blah blah. I like the way the Back and Front are marked on the liner...one would kinda hope that just one of them would've been sufficient!
'haven't yet figured out the letters penned to the inside shell
I read somewhere here recently ('can't recall where and certainly not gonna list all the various Threads / "leaflets") that these things weren't worn by the crew in situ but were reserved for out-of-vehicle activities...though I suspect photo evidence may suggest otherwise...but they were also used by the navy and the RMs...and by folk who wanted to make money claiming they're Para....perhaps this one saw action in the Falklands....'anyone know what Pengiun **** looks like?
..as for the possibility of aerially-applied camo...this stuff is down every side...but there's none on the crown so perhaps it IS paint which was deliberately applied......
'was thinking about peeling the hessian back as I suspect there's a Champagne Droop-Tail under there.. :-)
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