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COLEM:1934.421.2

Colchester Collections

tunic, military tunic

Tunic, with belt, and cap of the 6th regiment of the Essex Volunteers. Khaki wool. Circa 1880s. Uniform identified by Mike Mount (FoH, CIMS) as the type worn circa 1878 - 1880 in Afganistan. This type of uniform was made by private tailors to the nearest possible colour and fabric type. Norfolk Jacket style. Cloth badge with bullet may signify that the jacket belonged to a marksman. Identified in the book 'Uniforms and How to Date Them' by Neill Storey(?) Thick khaki wool & turned down collar with one metal hook and two thread eyes & full length sleeves with cuffs extending in a vee up the wrist & right sleeve has a cloth badge with an embroidered bullet & epaulette on each shoulder fastening with painted leather buttons & badge with 6 EVR embroidered in orange thread on each epaulette & single breasted, with four buttons and five button holes (one button missing) & opening flanked by two appliqued vertical strips of same fabric & patch pocket on each hip with central pleat and buttoned flap & two metal hooks at waist for holding belt up & belt of same fabric fastening at front with two buttons & back has piped seams down the sides and an appliqued vertical strip down the centre back & inside left breast cotton patch pocket Cap: cap of same colour fabric & flat crown with peak & leather strap around front of cap attached by two studs & Essex Volunteer Regiment Badge on front of cap & two metal eyelet airholes either side of cap & black painted textile hat band inside.

1878 - 1890

Victorian

textile, metal

tunic length: 745.00 mm
cap diameter: 252.00 mm

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