Annoying Crossbelt Questions

[OC Richard]

Well here's on that's been on Ebay for a while, close but not right? The label says chest 33"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Scot...item2330e2b1fa

Thing is, jackets of your size are often listed as "women's" or "youth" or "boy's" due to the small size... keep in mind that the people doing the Ebay listings often don't know anything about what they're selling. You have let the photos speak for themselves.

[PiperOfThePlains]

I'll keep a close eye on that one. I saw it yesterday, but I wasn't thinking about the mislabel. It'll take some minor repairs, but that poor tartan thing (the mutilated remains of a plaid, perhaps?) looks like it has been through a shredder...

[OC Richard]

Here ya go, 34

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-BRITISH...item4172c3f768

[PiperOfThePlains]

Interesting. I don't know of any regiments that wore red doublets. Would you?

[Downunder Kilt]

See link for Black watch uniform up to the Boer War. http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/uniform.html

[OC Richard]

That style of jacket isn't a 'doublet' but is called a Patrol Dress jacket.

One normally sees them in extremely dark blue, worn by officers of Scottish regiments with trews.

All ranks of the Scottish regiments wore scarlet ones in the latter half of the 19th century for active service, instead of the costlier doublet.

The khaki Service Dress jacket introduced for WWI is somewhat similar though with a different collar.

Here's the 19th century scarlet ones, being worn by The Black Watch

[OC Richard]

Oooh oooh Piper Of The Plains here's a gorgeous jacket very cheap that should fit you

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-ar...item461d96b072