The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dark blue superfine tunic with red superfine stand collar, rounded in front and edged with silver round cord, bullion lace and embroidered gold bullion crown and star for the rank of captain. Twisted silver bullion cord shoulder straps with a single small silver New South Wales artillery button on each. Sleeve cuffs decorated with round silver bullion cord Austrian knots edged with flat silver Russia braid for the rank of captain. Centre front fastened with nine silver New South Wales artillery buttons, eight made by ' FIRMIN & SONS 153 STRAND LONDON', and one by 'C. K. MOORE SYDNEY'. There are two artillery buttons at the back waist on each of the two false skirt vents. The vents are piped with scarlet superfine wool which extends along the tunic hem, the left centre front and to the waist of the right centre front. Tunic body lined with partially quilted fawn cotton sateen with concealed pocket at left breast. Skirt of tunic, except for the section between the vents, lined with dark olive cotton and wool mixture. Collar lined with same olive mixture and fastened at neck with single coated metal hook and eye over black cotton tab. Also at the neck is a tab of broad olive wool tape. Sleeves lined with striped cotton twill.
In 1873 there were nine batteries of artillery in New South Wales; one permanent and eight volunteer. This grew to eleven batteries in all when a partially paid system was introduced in 1878. The volunteers wore silver braid and buttons on their tunics while the permanent artillery wore gold. Two hundred and five artillerymen volunteered for service in the Sudan in 1885.
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