Navy white uniform. WW1??

[kphfun]

I got this with some other item's and was told it was a Navy WW1 uniform. It has no marking's that I can read as the ink stamping's on the waist band are very faint. It seem's to be made of a light cotton denim. Would this be proper for that era? Thank's , Kev

[kphfun]

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[ohioseabee]

It appears to be a white undress jumper. If I remember correctly, dress whites of this era would have a navy blue collar with white piping and navy blue cuffs with the appropriate number of stripes. Just a guess - I'm no expert

[1stDivVet]

Those are undress or working whites. The dress whites of WW1 had a wool collar and cuffs like the one in this picture. My pants on my WW1 dress white uniform have a lace up tie in the back of the pants like the wool trousers. My buttons are also bone, not plastic, but they may be a variation. Probably WW2.

 

Fins.

[sigsaye]

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Check the trousers. If they have laces in the back, they are pre WW 2, and the style that was also used in WW 1.

 

Steve Hesson

[KASTAUFFER]

One other thing that is not a 100% indication, but helps confirm the age is whether or not his 1st 2 initials and last name are stencilled on the bottom of the inside of the jumper. Pre-WWII jumpers generally are. The " font" of WWI stencils also looks different than the font on later stencils too.

 

 

Kurt