Kollet
Category
Costume
Date
1910
Materials
Metal, Textile
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Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1176075
Summary
A Corporal's Tunic or Kollet of the Gardes du Corps, Germany c.1910. The white colour derives from the leather coats originally worn under breastplates. A cream twill woven jacket made of facecloth fabric with red and white bands stitched down the front, red cuffs.
Provenance
collection of Col E.P.Ryan (see PLN/RYAN/B/34)