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AN-6552 MONARCH MFG. CO. MILWAUKEE CONTRACT N288s-32358
Contract Dates: Awarded May 1945, completed October 1945 (WSC 2133)Cost of the Contract: $234,000 (WSC 2133)
Comments on the leather or mouton:
Liner: brown
Thread: medium brown
Zipper(s): blackened Talon
Knits: purple single-ply rib-rack knits
General Comments:
Identifying/Distinguishing Details:
- Monarch details
- Seam running down back of liner - Monarch is the only manufacturer to do this.
- Wind flap ends about 1 inch short of bottom of jacket (GW)
- Tall pockets with well-scalloped flaps
- Front panels wrap around the back, where they are sewn under the panels of the bi-swing back.
- Inside pocket built into the leather facings, unlike earlier Monarchs.
- Single-stitched back-belt, much like other makers, but unlike Monarch’s earlier contracts.
- black US stencil
Monarch 32358 Ex. No. 2:
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