Original Items: Only One Available. This is very nice NCO red tunic with Edward VII Royal Engineers buttons white white wool interior. Its never been issued as evident by the fact that most of the buttons but one are still wrapped in the original brown paper! The interior is marked with a paper label with a date of DEC 1903. Sadly the 1903 portion fell off and was lost but we saw it there once!
Approximate Measurements:
Collar to shoulder: 8.5”
Shoulder to sleeve: 23.5”
Shoulder to shoulder: 16.5”
Chest width: 16”
Waist width: 15”
Hip width: 18.5”
Front length: 26.5″
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. It is highly regarded throughout the military, and especially the Army.
It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is headed by the Chief Royal Engineer. The Regimental Headquarters and the Royal School of Military Engineering are in Chatham in Kent,…
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