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UNIFORM

Dimensions56 x 87.5 x 39.5 cm
Object numberHF.72.157.148
DescriptionRed wool waist length uniform jacket with a short black stand up collar and long fitted sleeves with black cuffs. The jacket has padded shoulders and epaulette on each shoulder. There are twelve hook and eye closures at the front opening, which is edged on one side with fifty-six spherical gold buttons. The jacket is lined in red silk that is quilted at the front and has an inside pocket on left side. At the base of the inside of the jacket is a red imitation leather band. The jacket is decorated with gold wire gimp around the front collar, epaulettes, cuffs and hem as well as a burgundy crown and pip on each of the epaulettes and gold wire twisted in scrolls on the cuffs.