Re: "Red" Sash

[Alan Woolley <awoolley@iaw.on.ca>]

WO1s wore the officer's maroon waist sash with patrols or full dress; Sam Browne
with other orders (basically the same as officers). With unification and the
introduction of the CF green uniform, officers ceased wearing sashes so the CWOs
began wearing the WO's sash. Some units (PPCLI for example) have re-introduced the
officers sash and it is worn by their CWOs.
Cheers,
Alan Woolley
Ian Edwards wrote:
> Burgundy is probably correct or closer to correct than my guess as
> maroon. But I wonder why the sashes of your GCC MWO were on his PC&E
> Card? Such items weren't on scale of issue for Sr NCOs as late as 1972
> when I was last a Sgt in the LEdmnR. Nor should they have been, say I. I
> can recall the opposite problem some had who were vertically challenged
> and/or lacking in girth; it was necessary to tie an extra knot in the
> sash to keep it from drooping down below the knees.
>
> But I'm having trouble visualizing a WO1/CWO of Infantry wearing a sash
> around the shoulder. Can't seem to recall what order of dress. Suspect
> that this is in error?
>
> And do you remember the Sam Browns worn by WO2s? Looked a bit like
> telephone linemen ready to climb the pole, particularly when worn with
> bush shirts and trousers.
> (For the uninitiated, the strap was worn off the shoulder, dangling
> below the waist belt, and bush clothing was the forerunner of combats
> but worn only in the summer.)
> Ian Edwards
>
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