White cotton jacket with a stand up collar. Jacket fastens at the front via five buttons [missing] and a double hook and eye fastening at the collar. There are four large pockets at the front of the jacket. Two button down patch pockets with pleats at chest level and two flapped patch pockets at the waist. The flaps on all four pockets have curved hems and are longer at the edges and the centre. There are popper fastenings at each of the corners of these pockets. Similar curved detailing can be seen on each arm towards the cuffs and also on the reverse of the jacket. Here there is a seam that curves from the shoulder blade on each side and runs vertically the length of the reverse to the hem. Either side of the waist there is a belt loop at the each side seam. On each shoulder there is a smaller loop where the epaulettes are attached. The jacket is unlined.
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Thigh length, single breasted dress jacket [or tunic] in red wool. Jacket has a high neck and a standing collar that is faced with black wool and edged with gold braid and lace. Jacket fastens at the front via eight, ornate, domed, brass buttons and the collar with a double hook and eye fastening. The jacket is lightly tailored with the buttons stopping at the waist seam which runs the circumference of the jacket. The chest panel is slightly quilted to give a rounded shape. The cuff of each sleeve is faced in a black wool, matching the collar, with gold lace and binding creating and ornate design that finishes just before the elbow on each arm. To the reverse, the skirt of the tunic has a type of box pleat [known as a sword pleat] at the centre, featuring six buttons, identical to those on the front, and white piping. At the reverse there is also a metal hook on the waistband which would have been used to hold a type of pouch known as a sabretache. The lining of the jacket is slightly quilted with panels of a cream woollen fabric as well as a cream twill. The internal waistband is constructed from a red woollen fabric and fastens via two concealed hook and eye fastenings.
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Single breasted jacket [or tunic] in a blue / black woollen fabric. Jacket is front fastening via eight gilt brass buttons, each featuring the Royal Artillery insignia. Jacket has a standup collar which is faced with a red woollen fabric with gold lace stitched on top. The edges of the collar are piped in gold braid and there is a silver threadwork badge that sits on either side of the collar depicting an exploding grenade for the Royal Artillery. Both the edges of the front opening and the hem are piped with red wool. Each shoulder of the jacket is decorated with plaited gold braid topped with badges that denote the rank of the wearer [Colonel]. Each sleeve is ornately decorated with gold braid [known as frogging], from the cuff to just below the elbow. There is a seam that runs the horizontally around the circumference of the jacket at the waist. At the centre of the jacket at the reverse there are two buttons that sit 6cm apart on the waist seam with thin stripes of red piping running vertically down from these to the hem. The inside of the jacket is lightly quilted at the chest and back. Cream sateen fabric is used above the waistband to line the jacket with black sateen from the waistband to the hem.
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Lightweight Waterproof Camouflage Pattern Jacket.
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Waterproof Jacket.
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Warm Weather Camouflage Pattern Jacket.
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Warm Weather Camouflage Pattern Trousers.
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Dress jacket.
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Single breasted, black woollen jacket with a stand up collar. The jacket is front fastening via five domed, brass buttons with regimental insignia and the collar via a double hook and eye fastening. Two matching brass buttons are found on each cuff as well as a brass button on each of the shoulder straps. These straps also display three metal rank badges. On the front of the jacket are four large patch pockets, two on the chest and two at the waist. The two chest pockets have flaps and a brass button closure. A medal ribbon is located on the left side of the chest, above the patch pocket. Brass insignia are attached to the outside of the collar on either side of the opening. There is a 16cm vent at each of the side seams. To the reverse, there is a centre seam that runs the length of the reverse and then a seam on either side of this which curves out from the shoulder seam and runs vertically to the hem. The inside of the jacket is lined with a black satin fabric. The inside of the collar has five brass studs to enable a removable, stiff white collar to be attached [2022.36.20.2].
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Thigh length, single breasted tunic [or jacket] in red wool. Tunic has a high neck and a standing collar that is faced with a khaki green woollen fabric and edged with silver braid and lace. Each side of the collar features the regimental insignia which is constructed using braid. Tunic fastens at the front via eight, ornate, domed, metal buttons [tarnished] and the collar with a double hook and eye fastening. The tunic is lightly tailored with the buttons stopping at the waist seam which runs the circumference of the tunic. At either side of the front opening there is a horizontal in seam pocket. The chest panel is slightly quilted to give a rounded shape. The cuff of each sleeve is faced in a khaki wool, matching the collar, with an ornate, silver lace and braid design [known as frogging] that finishes just before the elbow on each arm. The lining of the tunic is slightly quilted with panels of a cream woollen fabric as well as a cream twill. The internal waistband is constructed from a red leather and fastens via two concealed hook and eye fastenings. To the reverse, the skirt of the tunic has a type of box pleat [known as a sword pleat] at the centre, featuring two buttons, identical to those on the front, and white piping. At the reverse there is also a metal hook on the waistband which would have been used to hold a type of pouch known as a sabretache.
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