Original Victorian Durham Light Infantry Captain's Scarlet Mess Jacket
Jacket with red taffeta lapels and white-cream cuff facings.
With dark metal rank pips for a Captain on cream rope shoulder boards.
Original Victorian Durham Light Infantry dark metal buttons on both cuffs.
Jacket fastening hooks all in place.
Lovely satin quilted lining.
Makers / name label for Hawkes & Co Name on label is hard to decipher.
Chest Size approx 34-35 inches. Armpit to armpit measurement is 18 inches. Armpit to cuff is 19 inches
Jacket Condition is generally very good - virtually no mothing on the jacket at all - some very slight trails on the cuffs. Some freying to the back of the collar and marks where a medal was likely placed on the lapel.
