Description
Physical description
Coat
Light brown double-breasted 3/4 length coat made of wool with deep turn-back lapels. There are two rows of three brown plastic exposed buttons to the front with a further two smaller ones fitted to the shoulder securing the epaulettes. There are two deep flapped pockets, one either side of the lower waist.
Inside, the coat is partially lined in course white woven material.
Label
Borne in 1917 but disbanded after the First World War, the Women's Land Army was reformed in 1939 as an additional source of valuable agricultural labour. 4,500 'Land Girls' had enrolled by the end of 1939, and numbers swelled to over 86,000 by 1943, ensuring that farms could supply the Nation's population during the U-boat blockades and subsequent food shortages.
A mobile force, members could be posted to anywhere in the country and were paid by the farmers who employed them ( on average £1 2s 6d per 48 hour week with one week for leave each year).
This unworn example was purchased from a large quantity discovered in italy in 2005.
History note
Borne in 1917 but disbanded after the First World War, the Women's Land Army was reformed in 1939 as an additional source of valuable agricultural labour. 4,500 'Land Girls' had enrolled by the end of 1939, and numbers swelled to over 86,000 by 1943, ensuring that farms could supply the Nation's population during the U-boat blockades and subsequent food shortages.
A mobile force, members could be posted to anywhere in the country and were paid by the farmers who employed them ( on average £1 2s 6d per 48 hour week with one week for leave each year).
This unworn example was purchased from a large quantity discovered in italy in 2005.
Printed in black ink onto white linen label that is sewn to the inside lower skirt of coat.
GREATCOATS
Woman's Land Army
SIZE 3
Height 5'0" to 5'2"
Bust 35" to 36"
(Under Jacket)
Steinberg & Sons Ltd.
1945
(broad arrow mark)