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* Brand: Textile / fibers: Diolen (high performance polyester yarn introduced in 1957); Garment / fabric: Likely Polgat (identification inconclusive)

* Manufacturer: Fabric / fibers: Diolen Industrial Fibers GmbH, Germany; Garment / fabric: Presumably Polgat (Est. 1960 in Kiryat Gat by Israel Pollak [name of company portmanteau combining Pollak and Gat] with backing of Minister of Industry Pinhas Sapir, and still in business, but since 1990s no longer manufacturing in Israel; see Image 10: Polgat Diolen ad published in Haolam Hazeh in 1967 [innumerable ads of this kind appeared in Israeli periodicals throughout the mid-to-late 1960s]; identification inconclusive)

* Decade: 1960s, 60s, Sixties, Nineteen-Sixties

* Country of manufacture: Fabric: Germany / Israel (?); Garment: Israel

* Style / look: Continental, Mod, Beach, Surf, Camp, Sportswear, Sixties Tel Aviv, Dizengoff, Uri Zohar, Arik Einstein, Metzitzim, Bourekas, Blaumilch Canal, Eskimo Limon, Kibbutzim, Six Day War, Moshe Dayan

* Size: Small 14-14 ½ (please see measurements below)

* Fabric: Buttery soft, lightweight cotton/poly fabric composed of 67% Diolen polyester / 33% cotton

* Pattern: Vertical stripe with bias-cut pocket

* Color combination: Summery stripes of canary yellow, cornflower blue, Creamsicle orange, key lime; photos do not do the beauty of this fabric justice

* Collar leaf: Spearpoint

* Sleeves: Short

* Hem: Square/flat; cinchable by means of side buttons

* Side button cinches comprised of button on front side of side-seam and buttonhole on back side along hem fold (see Photo 10)

* Seams: Plain

* Pocket: Single bias-cut patch pocket

* Buttons: Eight (8) 20L (12.5mm diameter) acrylic two-hole buttons: Six (6) down front; one (1) at each side along hem for button cinch

* Label: Bi-lingual sewn-in folded woven neck label in white with black Diolen wordmark in Hebrew on front and English on back; the word “COTTON” in grey ‘Mod’ font in Hebrew on front and English on back; and finally in small black print in Hebrew only: 67% Polyester – 33% Cotton

* No other labels or markings evident

* Asymmetrical sleeves (stripes align differently)

* Garment care: Hand laundering in cold or lukewarm water and line drying recommended; machine washable; may be ironed on medium setting and/or steamed

* 100% authentic vintage 1960s summer shirt made in the heyday of Israeli textile/garment manufacturing

* NOT REPRO

* NOT NEW

Measurements (in inches):

* Neck: 14-14 ½

* Chest: 41

* Chest pit to pit (laid flat): 20 ½

* Sleeve length from shoulder seam: 7

* Sleeve length from pit: 3 ¼

* Sleeve opening circumference: 15

* Shoulder width (shoulder seam to shoulder seam): 17

* Hem uncinched (laid flat, side seam to side seam): 19

* Hem cinched: 17

* Waist (laid flat, side seam to side seam): 18

* Pocket width: 5

* Collar width: 2 ¾

* Length from collar seam: 24 ½

* Total length: 26

Note: This shirt would suit best a human of trim build and average height. Please refer to the measurements furnished above, as well as all photos provided, to ensure a proper fit. No returns will be granted based on fit unless the measurements are shown to be vastly inaccurate — a highly unlikely eventuality.

Condition:

* Quinquagenarian garment that has come through countless wars and conflagrations relatively unscathed

* Slight wear along collar fold

* Original woven neck label frayed along fold but otherwise intact

* A few scattered inconsequential specks

* All original buttons present

* Little if any buttonhole wear

* No odors or other afflictions

* Freshly hand laundered with hypoallergenic, ecologically conscientious laundry liquid

Please closely review all photos provided.

Inquiries and offers welcome.

Price: $100

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