MIL-DTL-28920C(MC)
Ticket
Operation
Type
No.
Ply Material Needle or Bobbin
Topstitching
--
A
3
Silk
Needle
III
A
3
Cotton
Bobbin
III
A
3
Cotton
Both
Inseaming,
outseaming,
seat seaming
II
40
3
Cotton
Bobbin
Bartacks, inside
--
A
3
Silk
Needle
Bartacks, outside
II
70
2
Cotton
Both
Serging
II
A
Cotton
Bobbin
3
Attaching belt
loops
--
A
Silk
Bobbin
3
Buttonholes
III
A
Cotton
Needle
3
II
Cotton
24
Both
4
Buttons
I
Cotton
40
Both
All other seaming
3
and stitching
3.3.8.2. Gimp. The buttonhole gimp shall be cotton, ticket No.
8, soft or glazed finish, conforming to type I or II of
A-A-50198.
3.3.8.3. Color. The color of thread and gimp shall be black,
shade AA, cable No. 66043 for types I and II and blue, shade AC,
cable No. 66045 for type III and the color of the top thread of
the bartacks at the ends of side pocket openings and the thread
used for stitching the ornamentation to the trousers shall be
yellow (goldenlite), shade AJ, cable No. 66051 for the gold lace
and scarlet, shade W, cable No. 66040 for the scarlet stripe (see
DoD Standard Color Card of Official Standardized Shades for
Sewing Threads 1968).
3.3.8.4. Colorfastness. The thread and gimp shall show good
fastness to wet (dry) cleaning and, in addition, the silk thread
shall show good fastness to light when tested as specified in
applicable thread specifications.
3.3.9 Buttons. Buttons shall conform to type II, class D,
glossy finish, style 4, 22 line and 27 line of V-B-871. The
color of the buttons shall be black, shade BT for types I and II
and blue, shade BV, cable No. 62003 for type III (see DoD
Standard Shades for Buttons 1966).
3.3.10 Labels. Each pair of trousers shall have a combination
personal-identification-size-instruction label. The combination
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