mess jacket, mess jacket
Accession Number

NAM.1985-06-21-1

Description

Officer’s mess jacket, 2nd Bn 13th Frontier Force Regiment, used by Capt R Elsmie, 1936 (c). Wool cloth. Scarlet wool cloth upright closed collar and pointed crowsfoot cuffs. Single breasted. Black mohair lace on collar, cuff and body. Black Russia pattern braid. Black silk square cord. Black silk net ball shoulder button. Black silk net domed buttons on side front. Black olivette silk net olivette buttons on centre front. Black Italian cloth lining.