Sergeant's Jacket c1840

An exhibit in the regimental museum in Warwick. There are at least three surviving jackets from this period, an officer's, a corporal's and a sergeant's. Both the sergeant's and the officer's have silver vellum lace edging to collar and cuffs while the corporal's has plain white tape edging but with the same cuff design etc. The rank stripes of the corporal are silver lace like those of the sergeant. They are double breasted jackets with a short tail at the back that is edged in white and has three buttons down each side and two more in the centre at waist level. The officers had silver bullion fringed epaulettes and the other ranks had silver shoulder scales as on the sergeant's jacket. Officers also wore a gold and red striped girdle, the other ranks had a girdle of yellow and red. Officers' blue trousers had double silver stripes and other ranks had red stripes. This style of uniform lasted from 1833 to 1856.