Source: File: Advert - The Bullet-Proof Jacket. [online] See an original image at: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12211605/Daily-Telegraph-June-28-1916.html>[Accessed:
28 June 2016]
A long
established company,
Whose origins lay
as far back
As 1772, in the
making of guns
And weapons; the
name
Wilkinson Sword
Co Ltd.
Their address
of 53 Pall Mall,
London, SW, had a reputation
For keenest
blades of combat
Knives - also known
As military outfitters.
In talent for their sharpest blade,
Wilkinson Sword had also
made
Developments in the
handgun -
The Webley and
Scott
Self-loading
models.
The evolution of modern warfare
Had not just
affected weaponry,
But
uniform development -
As in steel
helmets
Against shrapnel.
June
1916, an advert appeared,
To claim Wilkinson's new bullet
Proof, khaki jacket for
officers -
To make for
greater,
Protective
efficiency.
In a heading, for tunic's resistance
Against '455 Government
revolver
Bullet, from a 20 yards distance,
This patented tunic
This patented tunic
Reduced wounds.
The tunic structure would halt
most
Injuries from shell fire - that if not
Fatal, to leave wearer absent
From duty over
Period of weeks.
The secret was with the
lining,
Made of high tempered
steel -
Whose
distribution of weight,
Would conceal any
Heaviness on wearer.
This bullet proof
uniform tunic,
Would be
of same appearance
As any
other military clothing -
Fitted by an
expert
For full comfort.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Advert - The Bullet-Proof Jacket. The Daily
Telegraph, [online] 28 June 1916.
P.7. Col.4. Available at:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12211605/Daily-Telegraph-June-28-1916.html>[Accessed:
28 June 2016].
Source: File: A
Brief History of Wilkinson Sword Online. Available at:
<http://www.wilkinsonfscollection.com/wilkinsonfscollection.com/Wilkinson_a_brief_history.html> [Accessed 28 June 2016]
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 28 June 2016).
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