Indian Army 45th Rattray’s Sikhs Colonel Mc Rae Officers Ful...
Hammer
£840
Indian Army 45th Rattray’s Sikhs Colonel Mc Rae Officers Full Dress Tunic, made by Hawkes & Co for Captain McRae in 1909 from scarlet superfine cloth with white superfine cloth to cuffs and collar which are edged with gilt vellum pattern lace. Collar with matching silvered badges. Small regimental screw buttons to shoulders holding gilt shoulder cords having matching crowns and stars. All 14 large matching gilt regimental buttons to front and back and quilted cream lining. In exceptionally good condition, buttons all original and gilt still very bright, scarlet cloth and gilt lace nice and bright, white cloth clean, lining very good, just a little damage to nap of the cloth at waist.
Colonel Henry St.George Murrey McRae DSO,OBE was born in India in 1878. Commissioned into 3rd btn Royal Irish in 1898, transferred via 15th Punjab’s in 1900 , 14th Sikhs in 1901 to 45th Sikhs captain 1909, Major 1915, fought in Mesopotamia and was awarded DSO 1916. Post war, he was Lt Col in 104th & 11th Sikhs before becoming full colonel 45th 1927 and retiring on 1930. He died 1962.
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Indian Army 45th Rattray’s Sikhs Colonel Mc Rae Officers Full Dress Tunic, made by Hawkes & Co for Captain McRae in 1909 from scarlet superfine cloth with white superfine cloth to cuffs and collar which are edged with gilt vellum pattern lace. Collar with matching silvered badges. Small regimental screw buttons to shoulders holding gilt shoulder cords having matching crowns and stars. All 14 large matching gilt regimental buttons to front and back and quilted cream lining. In exceptionally good condition, buttons all original and gilt still very bright, scarlet cloth and gilt lace nice and bright, white cloth clean, lining very good, just a little damage to nap of the cloth at waist.
Colonel Henry St.George Murrey McRae DSO,OBE was born in India in 1878. Commissioned into 3rd btn Royal Irish in 1898, transferred via 15th Punjab’s in 1900 , 14th Sikhs in 1901 to 45th Sikhs captain 1909, Major 1915, fought in Mesopotamia and was awarded DSO 1916. Post war, he was Lt Col in 104th & 11th Sikhs before becoming full colonel 45th 1927 and retiring on 1930. He died 1962.
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