Battledress Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps - 21th Army Group GHQ and LofC (Lines of Communication) Troops

Battledress Pattern-40 Canadien Royal Ordnance, manufactured by Master Craft Uniform dated 1944  

Originally fitted jacket from a Corporal Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps - 21th Army Group British - Chevrons 3 years of service

Copy in very good condition with all its buttons

The 21st Army Group, commanded by Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, was in 1944 the main command structure of the British and Canadian land forces engaged in Northwest Europe

On June 6, 1944, the 21st Army Group mainly led the British Second Army and the First Canadian Army. With the mission of securing the British and Canadian beaches, then extending the Allied bridgehead inland

Between June and July 1944, he fought violently around Caen and aimed to fix the German armored divisions, limiting their mobility and facilitating the American breakthrough to the west

In August 1944, the forces of the 21th Army Group actively participated in the Totalize and Tractable operations, playing a major role in the encirclement of German forces during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket

Shoulder width: 42cm (16,5")

Sleeve length: 62cm (24,5")

Total height: 54cm (21")