Officer’s Full Dress Jacket

Officer's full dress jacket
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This beautiful jacket is a full dress jacket, meant to be worn on parade rather than the battlefield. The gold braid and elegantly buttoned waistcoat are unsuitable for active warfare. However, Lieutenant William Polhill of the 16th (Queen’s Light Dragoons) was forced to ride into the Battle of Waterloo along with his regiment in full dress as they had not yet received their new uniforms.

  • Curatorial info
    • Originating Museum: National Army Museum
    • Accession Number: NAM. 1963-09-215-1
    • Size: 750mm x 420mm
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    • Rights Holder: National Army Museum. Photography Relic Imaging Ltd.
    • License Type: Creative Commons

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This object is in the collection of National Army Museum