service dress coatee
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19720103-005
- Event War of 1812
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made Circa 1790
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1785/01/01
- Latest 1795/12/31
- Inscription (buttons/button) ROYAL REGT ARTILLERY; TREBLE STAND GILT
- Materials Mammal wool, Brass
- Branch Royal Artillery
- Service Component British Army
- Measurements Length 77.4 cm, Width 44.0 cm
- Caption Quebec City Militia Artillery Coat
- Additional Information Canadian militia supported the British garrison of Quebec City. Lieutenant George Thompson wore this coat during his service in a volunteer artillery unit that helped operate the city's cannons.