kilt, kilt
Accession Number
NAM.1986-06-53-1
Description
Kilt fabric, other ranks’, 51st (Highland) Division Signal Regiment (TA), 1957. Grant tartan wool cloth, red, green, dark blue and light blue.
NAM.1986-06-53-1
Kilt fabric, other ranks’, 51st (Highland) Division Signal Regiment (TA), 1957. Grant tartan wool cloth, red, green, dark blue and light blue.
Paper label: ‘51ST (H) INF DIV SIG REGT (T.A.) / CA 0342 / RED GRANT NO 1 / INSPECTORATE OF CLOTHING / CLOTHS, SERGES, ETC. / WORKING PATTERN / CATALOGUE No. MSB. 0867 PATTERN NO. 17290 / SPECIFICATION UK-15C-C2731 / DESCRIPTION TARTAN HIGHLAND NO.15 / WIDTH EXCLUSIVE OF LISTS 56 INS / WEIGHT PER LINEAR YARD FULL WIDTH: / INCLUDING LISTS AS IN PATTERN 20.1/4 ozs / THREADS PER INCH:- / MINIMUM BREAKING LOAD WARP 36 2 FOLD / WEFT 36 SINGLE / TESTS PER CONSTANT RATE OF TRAVERSE MACHINE / 6.5/8 INCHES WIDE, 6.5/8 INCHES BETWEEN CLAMPS:- / STRENGTH: WARP 330 lbs / WEFT 250 lbs / ELONGATION:- WARP 2 INS / WEFT 2.1/2 INS / REMARKS / WOOL DYED AS PATTERN / PATTERN / PATTERN ROOM / HB [signed] / 25-3-57 / W. CROWTHER / FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INSPECTION OF CLOTHING / I.C. BRANSTON / ‘A’ SECTION / 22 FEB 1957 / MATERIALS / BURTON-ON-TRENT’