Canada, Commonwealth. A Battle Dress Uniform & Side Cap, Viii Recce, Essex Scottish Regiment Auction Corporal William Gray Richardson

Corporal William Gray Richardson

original ribbon suspended from a silver pinback hanger inscribed "THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

then discharged on the 12th

1892 in Ship Harbour

with enamel loss to white surround

Canada, Commonwealth. A Battle Dress Uniform & Side Cap, Viii Recce, Essex Scottish Regiment Auction Corporal William Gray RichardsonIncludes six pieces: Battledress Blouse (exterior in wool with a green tinge to the darker khaki colour, giving it that distinctive Canadian look versus the British version, of which the Canadian one is patterned after, adorned with CANADA shoulder flashes, along with 72 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) rectangular patches representative of the 8th Reconnaissance Regiment (VIII RECCE) in yellow, black and blue wool sewn in place on the upper sleeves on both sides,