Jacket, Black Drill, Working Dress (SP 1935): Lance-Corporal, Royal Tank Corps
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Physical description
Single-breasted blouse-style garment of black drill with stand collar, fly-fronted, epaulettes, amd pleated breast pockets and straight-cut flaps. All buttons are of dished metal form and a single rank chevron is sewn to the right upper sleeve. The waist band terminates with an open brass single-prong buckle and fabric tab closure.
The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in human history. Years of international tension and aggressive expansion by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany culminated in the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.
