Object Record
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Catalog Number |
1985.22.01 |
Object Name |
Pants, Military |
Date |
1915 |
Features |
Mottled dark grey trousers with front buttoned opening, two slanted front pocket openings with one button each, one straight front pocket opening, waistband with eight metal buttons, narrow buckled belt which fastens on reverse attached to side seams, pants narrow to bottom of leg, legs slit 15cm along outside seam, additional layer of light grey cloth attached to seat and inside front and back of legs |
Object Story |
These pants were worn by Ernst Collmann while serving in the German Cavalry during World War One. Ernst son, Bernhard Collmann (b.1909), moved to Washaga Beach and then into Lennox and Addington County around 1960. Bernhard passed away in 1994 at the age of 85 and is buried in Riverview Cemetery in Napanee, Ontario. |
People |
Collmann, Bernhard Collmann, Ernst |
Subjects |
1910's Clothing & dress Costumes Military Military life Military officers Military personnel Military uniforms Uniforms World War I |
Search Terms |
Germany Lennox and Addington Lennox and Addington County Napanee Napanee, Riverside Cemetery World War 1 World War One |