Royal Navy Officer's Full Dress Cocked Hat Epaulettes Dress and Undress Belts, Carrying Tin.

An impressive set of Royal Navy Officers dress uniform attire, consisting of a bicorn ( Fore -and- Arft), epaulettes and a dress sword belt complete with its original Japanned transit tin case, circa 1935.

Aparat from the exterior of the tin which has protected the contents, this set is in exceptional condition with almost no signs of wear.

It is named to n RN, which has been hand painted onto the lid of the tin case.

The plush black fur dress bicorn has patterned black silk edging and on the right hand side, a black pleated silk cockade with a gold bullion wire corkscrew coil to the centre, held in place with a Kings head gilt Royal Navy button. Then at either end, beautiful gilt bullion coils are fitted in place. Inside it has a pleated cream coloured silk liner and cream leather head band. The cream lining of the bicorn is marked with a King’s Royal Warrant and the manufacturer’s details in gilt letters:

Gieves Ltd, 21, Old Bond Street and 120 Princes Street Edinburgh.

The gold bullion fringed epaulettes denote the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. They both have silver bullion Royal Navy Anchors along with a King's Crown gilt button. They marked on the reverse with Gieves manufacturer’s details.

The dress sword belt and hanging straps are made from black patent leather with two rows of gilt bullion wire and gilt washed hooks and gilt brass King’s Crown RN anchor buckle.

The case is made of tin with a Japanned finish and a Gieves brass name crest fitted to the lid. heavy age wear to the exterior. Inside it has a red velvet lining and a separate oval fixed tin with a removable lid to hold the dress belt, then the hat fits snuggly over it and is held securely in place. The epaulettes slot in place onto the two hinged retaining flaps. On the lid it has a working sliding latch. The case measures 19” (48.3cm) wide by 9.5” (24cm) deep and is 8.9” (22.5cm) high.

A lovely display in its own right.

Code: 4892