breast pockets on Argyll jacket

[OC Richard]

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I see what you're saying but I don't think so. I have a collection of hundreds of photos of 19th and early 20 century kilted men, both civilian and military, and I'm confident in my ability to tell them apart. Everything about that gent screams "civilian" to me. Besides, the army didn't have the Service Dress jackets at that time, and they didn't have the civilian Argyll cuffs (rather, they showed rank pips), the SD jackets didn't have that style of lower pocket flaps and the pocket flaps would be under a belt if worn, beards were only worn by Pioneer Sergeants and certain Pipe Majors, and so forth.

BTW I just came across this photo which also shows an interesting breast pocket on a civilian Argyll jacket, the postcard is stamped 1909

[Glen]

A very fine gentleman with a breast pocket Argyle...