United Kingdom. An East Lancashire Regiment Scarlet Officer's Dress Tunic, c.1881 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic giving these shoulder boards white

giving these shoulder boards white piping

58 mm (w) x 43

unmarked but demonstrating the clear characteristics of a Schinkel-form lug variant by Wilhelm Deumer

consisting of a hand filed eight pointed silver star

his first book "La visione di Ezechiello" ("Ezechiello's vision") was published

United Kingdom. An East Lancashire Regiment Scarlet Officer's Dress Tunic, c.1881 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic giving these shoulder boards whiteFormed in 1881, the East Lancashire Regiment was noted for wearing the traditional scarlet ceremonial dress tunic such as the example offered here; this tunic dates from the early formation of the regiment which was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot and 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire. The tunic, which