United Kingdom. An MBE Lieutenant Colonel's Royal Army Medical Corps Battledress Blouse

Exterior in wool with an olive green tinge to the darker khaki colour, identifying it as the British version, adorned with "R.A.M.C." (Royal Army Medical Corps) embroidered shoulder flashes in maroon with beige text. Both shoulders incorporate button down epaulette straps, each of which bears a crown and pip in maroon wool with beige and brown embroidery, both straps secured in place via a brown plastic button. Just below the shoulder flash on the right sleeve is a Parachutist Badge in light blue and white embroidery on an olive green wool base. Both collars bear Royal Army Medical Corps silvered and gilt collar badges that bear the Queen's crown, each of which is secured in place by a pin fed through two lugs on the underside, the badges complemented by a greenish-brown plastic button on the underside of the right collar facing a reinforced button hole on the left collar. The front has two pockets, one on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look with brownish-green finished plastic buttons at the top. Above the left breast pocket is a two-level ribbon bar (level one: Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Military Division or British Empire Medal, 1939-1945 Star; level two: France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, General Service Medal 1918-1962). The front has a vertical row of five brownish-green finished plastic buttons on the right side, facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side, covered by a full-length flap and remain invisible to the eye, the waistline at the front with a strap on the left side, and when fed through the metal belt loop on the right side, ensures a snug fit at the waist. Both sleeves have button down cuffs with brownish-green finished plastic buttons on both sides. Inside, the waistline is reinforced with a 65 mm wide cotton band, with two reinforced button holes at the rear, the aforementioned pockets with a beige cotton lining, the left pocket stamped in black ink with a large "11", along with a label sewn in place inscribed "BATTLEDRESS / BLOUSE 1940 PATTERN / Height 5'9" 5'10" / Breast 38 " 39" / Waist 33" 34" / R.O.F. Chorley 1953" and bears the British Broad Arrow Production mark, along with a strap in the collar that is designed to hang the blouse from a hook. The blouse measures 500 mm across the shoulders and 530 mm in length overall, with one hole evident in the fabric on the left side near the opening, otherwise it is free of flaws and is very clean. As worn.