The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Scarlet superfine tunic with dark blue wool stand collar and cuffs. Collar piped all round with white knitted cotton braid. Scarlet shoulder straps are also piped with the same white braid and each bears an 'MR' white metal shoulder title and a single small silver coloured Victorian Military Forces button. Dark blue pointed cuffs are trimmed with white wool braid forming a crowsfoot at each point. The right cuff is made from superfine wool while the left has been replaced with a coarser wool twill. Half way up the left sleeve are two silver lace good conduct chevrons on a scarlet wool ground. Seven nickel buttons made by 'BRYAN BROS LONDON' at the front and two at the back waist above two closed back vents piped with white wool twill. Left front and right skirt front also piped with white wool twill. Skirts rounded at front and hem edge left raw. Brass belt hooks at each side of the waist. Body of tunic lined with lightly padded olive green wool and cotton mixture, part of which has been replaced with a modern cotton lining. Skirt, except for centre back section, lined with scarlet wool twill, probably added at a later date. Sleeves lined with white cotton twill; the replaced left cuff also lined with black cotton twill. Collar lined with scarlet superfine and neck fastens with single brass hook and eye.
Volunteer Rifles' tunic of the 1870-1883 period when the volunteer rifles were reorganised into two Metropolitan battlions. From 1883 the volunteers were replaced with a partially paid militia system. The uniform was worn with dark blue trousers and a dark blue shako with red ball tuft. The 'MR' shoulder title probably indicates a battalion of the Metropolitan Rifles.
Scarlet superfine tunic with garter blue silk velvet stand collar and pointed cuffs. Upper edge of collar decorated with gold lace piped with white wool and lower edge with gold Russia braid. Twisted
Dark blue wool twill tunic with scarlet stand collar edged all round with yellow worsted square braid. Brass artillery badges at each edge of collar. Dark blue shoulder straps edged with scarlet wool
Scarlet superfine tunic with white superfine stand collar and pointed cuffs. Lower edge of collar decorated with white worsted wool braid and opposing white metal lion passant collar badges. Scarlet s
Dark blue wool twill tunic with dark orange stand collar edged all round with gold bullion lace, with embroidered gold bullion artillery grenade collar badges on a red ground at each edge. Shoulder st
Dark blue superfine tunic with red stand collar edged with round silver cord, with a small silver grenade artillery badge at each end. Shoulder straps of dark blue superfine, piped with red wool and f
Scarlet plain weave wool tunic with white wool stand collar and pointed cuffs. Collar trimmed with flat white worsted braid at the lower edge and silver coloured metal Lion Passant collar badges. Scar
