Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada – Battle Dress Jacket

Original WWII Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada (QOR) Battle Dress jacket. The jacket features very nice English-made embroidered “Queen’s Own Rifles” shoulder titles, “CANADA” shoulder titles, and printed 3rd Canadian Infantry Division formation patches. The patches are made from an interesting material and are without doubt original wartime examples.

The jacket also bears a wound badge, indicating that the wearer was wounded in action. Overall, the jacket is in good used condition. It is maker-marked and dated October 1943, size 8. The collar has been period-tailored, would look great with a shirt and black coloured tie (see last picture). The shoulder strap buttons are black Queen’s Own Rifles buttons, and there is evidence of brass rank insignia having been removed for an unknown reason.

The ribbon bar displays the Italian Star, which is not uncommon; the wearer was possibly transferred to the QOR from a unit that served in Italy.

A desirable example from a hard to find regiment that landed on D-Day, June 6, 1944.