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A 1908-1910 TERITORIAL WESSEX ROYAL ENGINEERS TUNIC

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Code: 10448



A OTHER RANKS SCARLET TUNIC WHICH HAS EDWARD VII WHITE ROYAL ENGINEERS BUTTONS ( TERRITORIAL BUTTONS ) TO THE FRONT WITH WHITE T RE WESSEX SHOULDER TITLES WITH ITS PAPER LABEL MOSTLY IN PLACE TO THE BOTTOM REAR OF THE TUNIC WHITE CORDED COLLAR AND SLEEVES SOME MOTH DAMAGE IN PLACES AND STAINING NOTHING TO MAJOR THOUGH

A VERY NICE UNTOUCHED DISPLAYABLE ITEM WHICH WOULD LOOK GOOD WITH SOME BUFF WEBBING ON IT 

NOTES THE TERRITORIALS WHERE FORMED FORM THE VOLUNTEERS IN 1908 WITH THE SAD DEATH OF EDWARD VII IN 1910 IT MEANS THAT THIS TUNIC WAS USED FOR AROUND 2 1/2 YEARS MAXIMUM WHILE THEY CHANGED BUTTONS OVER AND HAD THE NATIONAL YEAR TILL THE CORRINATION OF GORGE V .