Hammer

£680

WW1 Northumberland Fusiliers Officer's Cuff Rank Uniform Tunic. A good clean example attributed to Second Lieutenant Arthur Holmes Cooper Pickering.
This regulation pattern with Second Lieutenant star and lace to the cuff, regimental distinction of gilt and silvered shoulder titles and General Service buttons. The interior with cotton lining. The tunic is not named but within the pockets was a small quantity of original ephemera, including Returned soldiers reception card, County of Durham Cadets Sports day September 1919 and a sheet of paper showing A.H.C. PICKERING OC 3 Platoon Readheads Cadet Corps. Good clean condition.
Accompanied by:
Sam Browne equipment: double brace belt dated 1918 ... Ammunition Pouch ... Sword Frog ... Military pattern three drawn brass and leather telescope, this with age wear A/f ... WW1 period brass matching compass, with leather case. This with age wear and damage no compass rose.
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Holmes Cooper Pickering joined the Regiment on the 8th September in September 1917 and was commissioned into the Northumberland Fusiliers. In November 1919 he was the OC of the 3rd Platoon Readheads Cadet Corps Attached to the 7th Cadet Bn of the Durham Light Infantry.