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Object Detail
A red wool New Zealand Volunteers bugler's coat and belt. The front has six metal buttons that read "New Zealand Volunteers" and have four stars in the middle. The garment is fully lined with brown cotton. The cuffs have a band of black wool at the cuff opening and white and red braid trim. The narrow stand collar has the same combination of materials but has two metal bugle pins attached to the front. The epaulettes on the shoulders are made of red wool and they have gold letters attached that read "B", "TB" and "NZR". Next to the epaulettes there are shoulder pieces made of a wool ribbon with a red and white fringe. The ribbon is white with a repeating red crown pattern. The sleeves have a patch on each side of a gold bugle. The belt is made of white leather and has a gold clasp with a crown on it.
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Media/Materials
Subject Category
Subject Person
Credit Line
This
coat
was
worn
by
New
Plymouth
man,
Harold
Lobb,
who
became
a
bugler
in
his
teens.
He
served
in
France
during
World
War
I
and
joined
the
National
Reserve
during
World
War
II.
Accession No
TM2003.147
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