A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S COATEE OF THE 38TH MADRAS INFANTRY

A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S COATEE OF THE 38TH MADRAS INFANTRY A double-breasted scarlet coatee with white facings. Gold lace loops to the collar, cuff-slashes and skirt-slashes. Five pairs of buttons each side to front. Brass buttons by Jennens, some retaining their original gilt, bearing QVC above XXXVIII within a strap inscribed AVA. White turnbacks to skirts and eight-pointed embroidered star ornaments with 38 in the centre. Epaulettes absent, cuffs removed, collar-lining and one button missing. Medium moth damage and staining