This smock has been issued.no labels but the colour and style of buttons are the same as on a RADAR SAS Smock of mine.
Outline of removed Wings and DZ Patch.
Funny you should mention 1986.
Thats when i started my brief spell in the ACF and can fondly remember after passing various tests on drill etc we were bussed off to some Army depot somewhere to receive our uniforms-i was lucky somehow to be given brand spanking new DPM cadet Smock and Trs while a few of the lads were well peeved to be issued the DPM trs but with manky used green Windproof smocks-they werent happy at all:D:D:D:D
Unfortunately with Ebay these days there are seriously wealthy collectors who are willing to pay ANY price for items they want-great for the sellers but not so good for us poor collectors.
Another problem this brings is just because said item sold for £xxxx everybody else with similar items then think that thats what their item is worth.
This one appears to have been made in black-the colour doesnt appear to be any paint or finish but the self colour of the actual material-RUC made maybe???
Yep,i have TONS of weird and wodnerfull items that looking at them now wonder what the hell was going through my mind when i bought that:wow::wow::wow:
I thought the vinyl chinstrap assembly was binned straight after the Falklands due to the negative comments from the Paras who were issued it. After this they can be seen with the Tan coloured web chinstrap from the WW2 type steel Para Helmet.