NAM.1986-02-71-1

Tunic, officers’, service dress, Cheshire Regiment, worn by Maj D H Donnelly, 1962. Made by Alkit, Cambridge Circus, London WC2, 1962 Khaki wool worsted. Pleated pocket with three pointed flap on each breast. Above left pocket, medal ribbons for: 1939-45 Star; France and Germany 1944-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; 1939-45 War Medal; General Service Medal (Army and Royal Air Force) 1918-1962; Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. A patch pocket with flap on each front skirt. Step collar. Pointed cuff. Body lined with khaki silk, sleeve lined with white silk. Gilt metal and silver plated metal collar badge, with die-struck design of an acorn upon a spray of oakleaves. Front buttons in anodised aluminium, with die-struck design of an acorn upon a spray of oakleaves, within a garter bearing ‘THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT’, the garter upon an eight pointed rayed and faceted star. Pocket and cuff buttons in anodised aluminium. Anodised aluminium gate buckle.