Seaforth Doublet - circa 1910 NEED HELP

[FosterMacMillan]

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[FosterMacMillan]

About the metal colours, the things I posted above probably affected only the pipers.

For the non-pipers, that is, the ordinary Other Ranks solidiers of The Seaforth Highlanders, what I've seen is:

White metal (German Silver): cap badge, collar badges, sporran badge
Brass: belt buckle, rim of sporran cantle and cones to sporran tassels, buttons

Remember the general rule was that Regular battalions wore brass buttons, buckles, and sporran hardware, and officers had gold lace (braid) on their doublets, but in Territorial battalions these things were White Metal or silver. The pipers of the 2nd battalion Seaforth Highlanders appear to be an odd exception to this general rule.

Which colour of the soutache was for 1st (regular) Seaforths, OR´s doublet, worn on cuffs and flaps?

[OC Richard]

Which colour of the soutache was for 1st (regular) Seaforths, OR´s doublet, worn on cuffs and flaps?

The metallic soutache was for officers and certain senior sergeants. The ORs had white cord. It looks more or less like rope! I suppose it was made out of wool? But anyhow white.

Here's a good closeup; you can see the ropelike twisted white cord. You can also see the white (wool?) piping.



Now, the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada wore this cap badge, and Major R Money Barnes stated that they had blue facings (rather than buff) on their doublets.

[FosterMacMillan]

The metallic soutache was for officers and certain senior sergeants. The ORs had white cord. It looks more or less like rope! I suppose it was made out of wool? But anyhow white.

Here's a good closeup; you can see the ropelike twisted white cord. You can also see the white (wool?) piping.

Wool piping is no problem! I wasn´t sure with colour of soutache. Thanks a lot for your help. Now it looks more clear to me!

[FosterMacMillan]

Now, the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada wore this cap badge, and Major R Money Barnes stated that they had blue facings (rather than buff) on their doublets.

I do some research after your PM and found some interesting things to think about! When I read that they had a blue facing, I started to look for more details. So far, it affects me so that they had blue facing only in the period before affiliation to the Seaforth Highlanders of Scotland. Then, when they were already affiliated to them, they changed the lining to buff color. I found in the archives of the city of Vancouver photos from their first annual inspection after the affiliation and there they have new facing allready.