WW2 1st Royal Tank Regiment Attributed Battledress Blouse.

WW2 1st Royal Tank Regiment Attributed Battledress Blouse.

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WW2 1st Royal Tank Regiment Attributed Battledress Blouse.

A good example of the 1940 pattern blouse worn by Trooper F.J. Nichols Royal Armoured Corps and Royal Tank Regiment. The blouse with 7th Armoured Division badges to each arm with the addition of the printed Tank sleeve badge. Original medal ribbon bar of the 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and retaining crimson lanyard. The interior with issue label 1945 Size 4. The blouse is accompanied by original ephemera including his service record and  Testimonial on his discharge from the British Army on the Rhine 31st October 1946. Good sleepy untouched condition

Trooper F.J. Nichols joined the 1st Bn Yorkshire Regiment on the 12th February 1942 transferring to the Royal Armoured Corps in July 1943. He served with another unit from November 1942 until transferring to the RTR in February 1945 until his final discharge in 1947.