10th Company
4th Machine Gun Battalion Jacket
 
10th Company 4th Machine Gun Battalion jacket. The jacket is a British 5-button pattern with green rectangle and arrow formation patches for 4th Canadian Division.

The MG Corps collars and MG Corps pattern buttons are made of brass.
 
The shoulders display a green rectangle and arrow formation patch for 4th Canadian Division cut from green wool. Collar badges and buttons are the stamped brass MG Corps pattern. Lifting up the MG badges reveal a faded shape of the badge with no extra holes.
A close-up of the wool green rectangle and arrow formation patch for the 4th Canadian Division on each shoulder.
A close-up of one of the MG collar badges.
A close-up of one of the MG buttons.
A close-up of the makers mark "Ottawa 1918" on the green partial liner. The jacket is Canadian made, and is also marked "C" Broad Arrow on the green partial lining.
The jacket is in excellent condition except under the right arm and armpit which shows considerable wear and damage consistent with possibly working the action of a Lewis Machine Gun. Or, the owner caught it on something and ripped it up. I prefer the Lewis Machine Gun explanation! The damage has been darned and repaired with fat thread, typical for the period.
A Canadian soldier, Robert Bleade, wearing a British 5-button pattern jacket with formation patches. The photo was taken in 1917.
 
The matching jacket, Brodie Steel Helmet Mark 1, and M1917 cap for the 4th Machine Gun battalion.