Original British WWII Era Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Captain’s Scarlet Red Mess Dress Uniform Set - Tunic and Trousers Lee-Enfield (SMLE) The checkered dark brown bakelite

The checkered dark brown bakelite grips are in perfect superb condition with the exception of a 1 inch section that broke away on the right side upper panel

44 Smith & Wesson Russian

named in pen to BURKHART in the right armpit

so it was most likely never used for the intended purpose in the water

we believe the time period was during the early stages of the cold war in the 1950s or early 1960s

Original British WWII Era Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Captain’s Scarlet Red Mess Dress Uniform Set - Tunic and Trousers Lee-Enfield (SMLE) The checkered dark brown bakeliteOriginal Item: Only One Set Available. British Army mess dress is the formal military evening dress worn by British Army officers and senior non commissioned officers in their respective messes or at other formal occasions. Mess uniforms first appeared in the British Army in about 1845, initially utilizing the short shell jacket worn since 1831. This working jacket was worn open over a regimental waistcoat for evening dress. The original purpose was