United Kingdom. An East Lancashire Regiment Scarlet Officer's Dress Tunic, c.1881 Province of China from November 1940 to February

from November 1940 to February 1941

the ribbon suspended from a pinback hanger in bronze gilt with white enamels inscribed "REGULARSHIP"

signing his Attestation Paper on April 27

the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilt mobile swastika defaced by a Wolfsangel rune

United Kingdom. An East Lancashire Regiment Scarlet Officer's Dress Tunic, c.1881 Province of China from November 1940 to FebruaryFormed in 1881, the East Lancashire Regiment was noted for wearing the traditional scarlet ceremonial dress tunic such as the example offered here; this tunic dates from the early formation of the regiment which was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot and 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire. The tunic, which