Terylene Uniform Shirt

The Canadian Provost Corps
1946 - 1968

Following the Second World War, Wartime production collarless shirts for Other Ranks were obsolete as all ranks wore open collars and ties with the appropriate uniforms. Officers wore shirts with attached or detachable collars in accordance with personal preference and unit custom. Shirts for all ranks generally conformed to wartime patterns, however Officers could wear custom made or privately acquired shirts. British, American, and Australian manufactured shirts were commonly worn by Canadians in Korea.

A private purchase Terylene shirt of a Canadian Provost Corps Major. Note the rank insignia worn on detachable slides over the epaulettes. Secured by elastic loops and button onto the epaulette buttons. Terylene is the British/Canadian trade name for a type of polyester fabric known as Dacron in the United States.

Closeup of the rank insignia. Note the gilt metal C PRO C shoulder title.