Mess Uniform - General Staff Colonel
A British Army General Staff mess uniform consisting of jacket, waistcoat and trousers (shirt/tie not included, shirts/grey braces usually available as option). Scarlet melton wool jacket with black facings, gilt braiding to epaulettes, embroidered Brigadier's rank and mounted Col/Brigadier Royal cypher buttons to epaulettes. Waistcoat is full backed with mounted buttons and a rear waist adjuster. Trousers are high backed with zip fly, 2" scarlet stripe, leather boot straps and braces buttons..

Date:       Undated

Sizes:      Jacket approx 41/43" chest. Trousers approx 41" waist. Actual measurements are:

Chest Width (laid flat):         22"

Shoulder:                             17.5"

Waist (width, laid flat):          n/a, worn open.

Length:                                 21"

Sleeve:                                 23.5"  (short)

Waistcoat Waist (laid flat):   20"

Trouser waist:                      41" (+0" to let out)

Inside Leg:                           31"  (+1" to let down)

Condition:   In generally good condition. Trousers and waistcoat clean and damage free, Jacket has a moth hole (approx 2mm diameter, see photo) on rear shoulder, and 4 small groups of moth tracing (surface damage, not holes) elsewhere on rear and a couple on front shoulders (see photo for example).

SKU:             A1553