AN OFFICER'S FULL DRESS JACKET OF THE (BRITISH) ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, AND OTHER ITEMS
AN OFFICER'S FULL DRESS JACKET OF THE (BRITISH) ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, AND OTHER ITEMS

THE JACKET EARLY 20TH CENTURY; ACCOUTREMENTS LATE 19TH CENTURY; THE BOX MID-20TH CENTURY

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AN OFFICER'S FULL DRESS JACKET OF THE (BRITISH) ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, AND OTHER ITEMS
The jacket early 20th Century; accoutrements late 19th Century; the box mid-20th Century
Blue cloth with scarlet collar (bearing embroidered grenades), heavily embellished overall with gold cord, the gilt ball-buttons bearing the 'King's crown' (1902-52) over the Gun, Captain's badges of rank in silver embroidery on the plaited gold shoulder-cords, tailor's label inside of J. DANIELS & CO., WOOLWICH AND ST. JAMES'S, LONDON; together with an officer's Full Dress pouch, shoulder-belt and sword-slings of the Royal Artillery, the pouch of dark blue leather with dark blue cloth flap (some moth-damage) edged with gold lace (partly detached) and richly embroidered with the Victorian Royal Arms and other devices, (the pouchbelt and sword-slings in relic condition), and a companion Victorian sabretache-flap of the Royal Artillery, bearing similar devices to those on the pouch, (some moth damage and severe tarnishing), now mounted as the lid of a black leather-covered box (probably for writing paper)
The box approximately 12½in. long (4)

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