This jacket if from the OREBRO area.. The Swedish defence area (Swedish: Försvarsområde, usually abbreviated to Fo) was an administrative division of the Swedish Armed Forces, and was a lower regional level subdivision, usually corresponding to a Swedish county. The commander of a defence area, the Försvarsområdesbefälhavare, usually commanded local defence units, including infantry, engineers, air defence and light artillery, as well as any Home Guard units in the area. The commander answered to the larger military area that the defence area was part of.

MEASUREMENTS

TOP OF SHOULDER TO BOTTOM OF SLEEVE CUFF IS 24 INCHES

ARMPIT TO ARMPIT IS 22 INCHES

MEASURING FROM BACK OF COLLAR TO BOTTOM OF COAT IS 37 INCHES

HAS BRONZE ARTILLERY GUNS SEWN ON

BRONZE FO 51 SEWN ON SHOULDERS

MARKED INSIDE WITH CROWN AND 1941 AND THE NUMBER 96

ALSO MARKED WITH THE NUMBER 1487 WRITTEN ON THE LINING

BACK HAS 2 BUTTONS FOR A WAIST SINCH ..I DO NOT KNOW IF IT EVER HAD ONE BUT THE BUTTONS ARE THERE

FRONT HAS DOUBLE BUTTONS WITH ONE MISSING BUT THERE ARE EXTRA BUTTONS UNDER THE COLLAR LAPELS

ALL BUTTONS ARE METAL AND MARKED WITH 3 CROWNS

IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

HEAVY WOOL COAT

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