British Frock Coat

[ccj]

Hello all,

I have what I think is a late Victorian era officer's frock coat for cavalry officers. Will anyone help me out here?

[ccj]

Cuff

[ccj]

Another

[Rick Research]

Charles-- what do the rank insignia look like?

If I recall from years of watching British movies, for a long stretch this "Hussar" style jacket was worn by all sorts of officers as a form of "undress" uniform... with those "Philip Morris" bellhop caps.

[ccj]

Rick,

I'll go look. It is a single pip inbullion to each shoulder. I'll try to take pics.

[Garth Thompson]

Dress regulations 1900 show the closest as being Frock coat Dragoon Guards and Dragoons. The cuff rank and collar design looks to be for a field grade officer. Was there a sign of a crown being above the pip on the shoulder? Lt Colonel then. Looks like there is a missing tassel or so on the stern. Very nice Victorian frock coat.

Garth

[ccj]

I think it ooks like a field grade as well. Yes, looks like a long time ago another rank insignia was on each shoulder.
Question... How do I ever find a set of Queen Victoria Crowns that match?

[Garth Thompson]

I think it ooks like a field grade as well. Yes, looks like a long time ago another rank insignia was on each shoulder.
Question... How do I ever find a set of Queen Victoria Crowns that match?

I know I have one for sure. I'll look through my boxes and see if I can find a close match.
Garth

[ccj]

Wow! I would be grateful. These pips are very high quality. I wish i had started collecting British Victorian a long time ago enstead of US WWII, then Third Reich, then Imperial German, then French, then world medals, etc...

[ccj]

Names of movies Rick.... Are any worth watching?

Charles-- what do the rank insignia look like?

If I recall from years of watching British movies, for a long stretch this "Hussar" style jacket was worn by all sorts of officers as a form of "undress" uniform... with those "Philip Morris" bellhop caps.

[ccj]

Back to an earlier question...

What rank is this tunic? By looking at the collar and the cuffs I am still confused. Capt or Col?

[ccj]

cuff detail. Really fancy.

[Adam H]

Could we get a close up of the collar on this last one? That will reveal things nicely... At first glance it appears to be LCol rank to me but...a closeup would confirm this.

Cheers,

Adam

[ccj]

collar. Victorian rank

[Marc Sherriff]

Single row of lace = CAPTAIN