{"product_id":"victorian-royal-fusiliers-lieutenants-scarlet-undress-shell-jacket","title":"Victorian Royal Fusiliers Lieutenant's Scarlet Undress Shell Jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeautiful Original Victorian Royal Fusiliers Volunteer Battalion Lieutenant's Scarlet Undress Shell Jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the shoulders it has silvered rope shoulder boards and with rank pips for a Lieutenant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictorian pewter \/ white metal Royal Fusiliers buttons securing the shoulder boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacket has very dark blue \/ black collar and cuffs facings with silver lace edgings and with Austrian knots to the cuffs. The silver lace denoting a volunteer battalion as per his Service history below\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovely gilt metal and bullion wire Royal Fusiliers badges to the collar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe jacket and fastens with hook and eye fixings sitting behind metal shell beads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eName label to H R B (Henry Richard Belcher) Hickman in the collar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacket has a beautiful heavily padded crimson lining. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacket condition is generally good with a small number of small moth holes and trails as pictured. Some small areas of looseness to the silver edging thread on the front and collar. Some dark stains on the inside of one cuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChest Size is small approx 35 inches. Armpit to armpit measurement is 17.5 inches. Armpit to cuff is 19 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenry Richard Belcher Hickman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn: 11 April 1866.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAttended Christ Church, Oxford University; matriculated 10 October 1884, aged 18, and took his BA in 1888.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe subsequently qualified in medicine at St George's Hospital, becoming MB BCh in 1894 and MRCS\/LRCP in 1894. He was an ophthalmic surgeon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe served with the Oxford University Rifles Volunteers, part of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, and subsequently with the 1st Volunteer Battalion Royal Fusiliers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring WWI he commanded the Chesham Company of the Buckinghamshire Reserve Regiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe London Gazette confirms that Captain Henry Richard Belcher Hickman was appointed second-in-command of the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, effective 31 August 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peaks Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54663175831891,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/3755\/7075\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_e111a9df-c1b3-4f0f-9f62-7f34881a7349.jpg?v=1787405309","url":"https:\/\/peaksmilitaria.com\/products\/victorian-royal-fusiliers-lieutenants-scarlet-undress-shell-jacket","provider":"Peaks Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}