Lovely historically important Original WW2 private purchase 1937 Pattern British Army Colonel's Black Watch Battledress Jacket attributed to the David Ogilvy, 12th Earl Of Airlie KT GCVO MC
The jacket dates to the years 1937-40 based upon the battledress pattern and the fact that he transferred to the Royal Scots in 1940.
As a result, the battledress cannot have been worn for long.
With fabric full colonel rank pips.
Extensive fabric medal bar containing
- Royal Victorian Order (Knight Commander)
- Military Cross
- 1914 Mons Star with 5th Aug rosette
- WW1 War medal
- WW1 Victory medal with Mentioned in Dispatches
- WW2 Defence medal
- WW2 War medal
- Delhi Durbar medal 1911
- George V silver jubilee
- George VI Coronation
Felt formation patches on each arm to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
Below the Black Watch patch is a Red felt Infantry Arm of Service stripe.
No name or makers label - but the unit markings and medal bar attributes the jacket.
Chest approx 40-42 inches, waist approx 35 inches. Measures 22 inches laid flat from armpit to armpit and 20 inches from armpit to cuff.
Condition is excellent.
The Compassionate Leave slip is supplied with the jacket and was found in one of the pockets.
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
From the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1912 Airlie was commissioned into the 10th Hussars.
He was promoted to the rank of captain during the First World War, in which he won the Military Cross. He retired from the Regular Army in 1921, but was commissioned into the part-time 5th Battalion (4th/5th Battalion from 1922), Black Watch (Territorial Army) as a major.
He was lieutenant-colonel commanding from 192429, being promoted colonel in 1928.
In 1940 he was commissioned a lieutenant-colonel in the Scots Guards, reverting at his own request to the rank of major until 1942.
He resigned his commission in 1948. He was commandant of the Army Cadet Forces, Scotland in 1943.
He was father-in-law to Princess Alexandra of Kent. Princess Alexandra is the only daughter of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, the only living granddaughter of King George V, a niece of King Edward VIII and King George VI, and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
A picture of him from 1921 is in the National Portrait Gallery - see final listing photo.
