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COLEM:1970.156

Colchester Collections

jacket, uniform jacket, uniform

Naval captain's uniform. Jacket and trousers with gold braid and brass buttons. Gold epaulettes with anchor and crown. Black leather belt and shoulder strap. Also a cocked hat in original box. Sword and scabbard. Medals; Crimea 1854 Sebastopol Bar, Crimea Turbish, Baltic 1854-5, China 1857-8. Trousers are of an Admiral rank (broad stripe) and don't match the jacket which is of a Commander rank (braid on the sleeves has been put on new). Trousers do match the 1850s date. Crown on buttons of jacket is that of Queen Victoria. Jacket shows some prior evidence of pest grazing on the lining of the tails.

F. Highatt ((uniform))‎

1854

Victorian

textile, leather

Jacket length: 880.00 mm
Jacket chest circumference: 830.00 mm
Trousers length: 1080.00 mm
Trousers length: 750.00 mm
Bicorne hat length: 430.00 mm
Bicorne hat width: 150.00 mm
Bicorne hat height: 170.00 mm
Epaulette length: 170.00 mm
Epaulette width: 170.00 mm
Belt and braces diameter: 890.00 mm
Belt and braces length: 400.00 mm
Belt and braces length: 740.00 mm

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