Scotch Harry Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Got this in a trade quite a few years ago,dont know much about Denisons now to be honest and knew even less back then when this was traded as a WW2 smock(at the time it looked like a WW2 smock to me!!!)-how convenient that the date is the only part of the label that is damaged(done to deceive I guess which is a shame as would be worth more even with the post war date on it). Have been told its a 1946 Pattern??,has all brass Neweys and a half zip but to me like the deceived label the smock looks as if it was originally a full zip but has been converted to look like a WW2 smock by turning it into a half zip(again a shame). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I think it's a post-war 1959 pattern Denison Harry.......the cammo pattern is typical of some early 59 patterns made in the early 1960s.........but it has been "converted" back to the pre-59 pullover style..........the label, interestingly, carries the manufacturer "BMC" (not sure who they were) but were common manufacturers of Denisons and windproofs in the 60s rather than the 50s.....the label too, doesn't carry the "1959 pattern" designation either, using the earlier description, although the absence of "1959 pattern" is uncommon but not unknown.......... The plain brass snaps are unusual too for the 60s, they were mainly zinc-plated by this time......although my "trial" 66 dated DPM smock still has brass snaps fitted........ The other possibility is that this is a 1950s production (post-52) with the knitted cuffs specified from then-onwards......it may have been a pullover style originally but was at some point converted to a full-zip and then converted back to the original spec again.......the pullover style lasted until the 1959 pattern came in around 1960........... Nice smock though !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglehurst Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 This looks like a 'third pattern' Denison to me introduced in the early 1950s. The 1944 'second pattern' didn't have the woolen cuffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 This looks like a 'third pattern' Denison to me introduced in the early 1950s. The 1944 'second pattern' didn't have the woolen cuffs. Correct Jason, woollen cuffs reintroduced in a 1952 specification (from 53 onwards).......tab cuff then disappeared...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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