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There are subtle differences between this battalion company jacket and the flank company jacket of 1813. It is scarlet with pale buff facings, but no gold lace. A single gold bullion epaulette is missing from the right shoulder which indicated the fact that the officer was below field rank. The jacket was in fact the property of Captain Edward Pope who entered the 27th Foot on 26th June 1805 and who left the regiment on 25th Feb 1816, the last time that he wore this jacket.
A General Order of 24th December 1811 laid down regulations for officer's uniforms and this jacket is a fine example. There are nine buttons down the outside of each lapel, with twist loops, and four on each cuff. The buttons have the same design as the 1813 buttons but are convex instead of flat. There is no piping round the edge of the false pocket flaps and no triangle of gold lace between the two rear waist buttons. On the turnbacks is an ornament which might at first sight be mistaken for a grenade, but is thus described in old lacemans' books: "Rough purl double shamrock leaves on scarlet, with gold castle in centre in scarlet." |
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