Armour vest, military
Description
Disrupted pattern material (DPM) armour vest, without armour plates. Nylon vest with large front and back pockets designed to hold armour plates. Does up with velcro on each side and over both shoulders. Worn by Major Simon Strombom while on deployment in Afghanistan.
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Simon
Strombom
was
born
in
Taranaki
and
attended
New
Plymouth
Boys
High.
He
now
lives
in
Wellington.
In
2008,
as
a
Major
in
the
Territorial
Forces,
he
was
deployed
to
Afghanistan
as
a
Liaison
Officer
between
NATO
forces
and
the
Afghan
Government
as
part
of
the
New
Zealand
contribution
to
the
NATO
led
International
Stabilisation
Assistance
Force
(ISAF).
He
was
awarded
the
Distinguished
Service
Decoration
in
the
2009
Queen’s
Birthday
Honours
List
for
exemplary
conduct
in
relation
to
his
work
with
Improvised
Explosive
Devices
(IEDs).
Accession number
PA2016.101
Collection type
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