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20 in front and round the top. At each end a badge of the regiment, embroidered in silver, round cuff 3¼ inches deep embroidered round the top.

A flap of blue cloth is placed on each sleeve, 6 inches long at the seam, 6¾ at the point, 2¾ at wide at the narrowest part, and at the point, 3½ bottom, 3¼ middle, 3¾ at the top. A flap of scarlet cloth at the top of each skirt, reaching to within ½ inch of the bottom of the skirt, two buttons at the waist behind about 3 inches apart; the front, collar and cuffs, and flaps are edged with white cloth ¼ inch wide.

The skirts are lined with white. Blue cloth shoulder straps, with two rows of pearl embroidery

extending to the base, a small button at the top. Grenadier Guards have a grenade at each end of the collar, nine buttons at equal distances, and four bars of embroidery at equal distances on each skirt and sleeve flap.

The Coldstreams have a star of the Order of the Garter at each end of the collar, ten buttons

in front, placed two and two, and four bars of embroidery, two and two on each skirt and sleeve flap.

Scots Guards have a thistle at each end of the collar, nine buttons in front, placed three and three, and three bars of embroidery at equal distance, on each skirt and sleeve flap.

Field Officers and Captains have embroidery round bottom of the collar, and round the skirt and flap, and a second bar of embroidery round the cuff.

The Tunic of the Irish Guards is of the same pattern as the foregoing, with a shamrock in silver embroidered at each end of collar, ten buttons in front, arranged from the top in groups of

four and four and two, Four bars of embroidery on skirt and sleeve flaps, grouped towards the centre.

These are made of scarlet doth, with cloth collar and cuffs of the colour of the regimental facings. The collar is ornamented with ⅝ inch lace along the top, and gold Russia braid along the bottom.

Badges according to regiment. Cuffs are pointed with ⅝ inch lace round the top, and a tracing of gold Russia braid ⅛ inch above and below the lace, the upper braid being finished with Austrian knot at the top. There are eight buttons up the front and two at the waist behind. The skirts are closed at the back with a pleat at each side, which is lined with white pointed flaps on the back skirts, as illustrated. The front collar, skirt pleats, and skirt flaps are edged with white cloth ¼ inch wide, twisted round gold shoulder cords of universal pattern, lined with scarlet, a small button of regimental pattern at the top. A red-web waist sash 2¼ wide is worn with this. The ends are round, and the tassels are worn over the left hip. The sash should be worn between the two bottom buttons.

In the Leicester Regiment a black line is introduced into the shoulder cord. The lace used in this Tunic, as we have already stated, is ⅝ inch wide. The pattern varies, however, as follows: —For the English and Welsh regiments it is of the rose pattern, and for the Irish regiments it is of the shamrock, whilst the following regiments have a black line introduced at the top and bottom of the lace: Norfolk and Somerset Light Infantry, East Yorkshire and Lancashire, and the Connaught Rangers.

The garment corresponding with the Tunic for these regiments is the doublet. It is made of scarlet cloth, with collar and cuffs of the colour round the top and down the front with ⅝ inch