LAND & WATER 
July 27, 191b 
WAR'S STIMULATING INFLUENCE. 
Trench Coat— Old Style. Trench Coat — New Stylf.. 
The original Trench Coat 
dfxjgnul b>/ Cha-i Glenn)/ in 
October, 1914, and brought to 
the notice of a'.l Officers com- 
manding Corps by tht War 
Office the first winter of the 
War. It fills the functions of 
a Great Coat, British Warm, 
.and Raincoat, and the measure 
of its success may be gauged 
6.1/ the quantity of imitations. 
Over 8,400 genuine Threshers 
worn by British Officer*. 
With apologies to " Punch.'' 
THE RECENT SKETCH IN " PUNCH," HUMOROUSLY 
CONTRASTING THE OLD STYLE "WOODEN" FASHION 
PLATE WITH THE NEW ORDER INSPIRED BY MR. 
OSBORNE'S VIGOROUS DRAWINGS OF THE THRESHER 
TRENCH COAT, HAS CAUSED MUCH AMUSEMENT 
AMONGST OFFICERS, WHO HAVE NOT FAILED TO 
RECOGNISE THE ORIGIN OF THE SKETCH, NOR TO SEE 
IN IT AN EMPHASIS OF THE ASTONISHING INFLUENCE 
WHICH THE ADVENT OF THE THRESHER TRENCH 
COAT HAS EXERTED OVER THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF 
MILITARY SERVICE GARMENTS. 
The " Thresher " with detachable 
Kamelcott Uning 
Do. unlined 
Do. Hned Detachable Sheep . . 
£ s. d. 
5 10 O 
4 14 6 
7 1 
For Mounted Officers, with knee flips and sadd'e gusset, 
15*. 6d. extra. 
Send size of chest and approximate fieighl, and to avoid 
delay, enclose cheque with order. 
THRESHER & GLENNY 
152 & 153 Strand, LONDON. 
