Detail of Back of Skirt


The buttons are gilt and have the star of the Order of the Thistle with a crown displacing the top point of the star. Ranks of Captain and above had a row of gold lace on the edge of the pocket flaps. At the top of the false pockets there are another pair of buttons at waist level.


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