Item 2017.285 - Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy Dress Uniform Tunic

2017.285

Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy Dress Uniform Tunic

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Navy blue fulled wool jacket or tunic with stand collar and removable red wool cord braid and two tassels. The jacket has two pockets at the hips with flaps. It fastens centre front with seven brass shank buttons embossed with a crown and fouled anchor emblem (insignia of the Royal Netherlands Navy). The stand collar has an insignia badge on each side on a red wool base with yellow double stripe braid. There are epaulettes on each shoulder which fasten with a small brass button embossed with the fouled anchor and crown. The epaulettes also have a large gold coloured metal badge of the fouled anchor and crown pinned to them. There is a chevron badge of two red stripes on the left sleeve at the shoulder. Two large metal hooks at the waist for a belt (which is missing). The jacket is lined in black rayon and has red quilting stitching around the front and under the arm of the lining, also in the lining are two straps made of black rayon which are sewn under the arm and have metal hooks that attach at the waist. It has a tailors label sewn onto the lining and another inside the left inside pocket.
Country of Design: Netherlands
Country of Manufacture: Netherlands
Keywords: Ceremonial uniform, dress uniform

Wool, rayon
Colour/Print: Navy blue, red
Details: Braid, tassels, brass buttons
Label: George Pisa & Zn. / tailleurs / eindhoven-holland
GEORGE PISA & Zn - EINDHOVEN / Naam v. d. Put / Plaats Rotterdam / No. 6342 / Dat. Sept 19 (? Unreadable)