A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S UNIFORM OF THE MADRAS ARMY

A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S UNIFORM OF THE MADRAS ARMY A double-breasted scarlet coatee with buff facings. Gold lace loops to the collar, cuffs and skirt-slashes. Five pairs of buttons each side to front; other buttons grouped singly. White turnbacks to skirts and eight-pointed embroidered star ornaments with 42 in the centre. Hollow-backed gilt buttons bearing a crown above XLII within a strap inscribed REGIMENT. Epaulettes absent, minor moth and staining, lining AF