In addition, a midshipman could be easily distinguished by the white patch and button on his stand-up collar. Waistcoat: made from white wool, with gold buttons, pockets at the front and a stand-up collar.Ĭoat: in a Regency cutaway style, with pockets (each with 3 gold naval buttons) and cuffs (each with 3 gold naval buttons) and with a single row of gold naval buttons down the front. Stock: a black cravat or stock was the common sign of a military man.īreeches: made from white wool with a fall front and gold buttons, with more gold buttons and buckles to fit tightly under the knee. During the Regency trousers were becoming more common in naval “undress” wear. Shirt: the normal sort of white 18th century shirt that was worn as an undergarment for every male during this time. What did change more perceptibly was the cut of the coat, particularly as the cut-away style gained more popularity in fashionable circles. Luckily the midshipmen uniform had not altered much (in terms of depictions of rank) over this time, as the coat still retained one row of gold buttons down the front, three buttons on the cuffs and pockets, and a white patch with button on the collar. Midshipman will be in a Regency style, I was most interested in those depictions from 1795-1812. A “proper” uniform for the navy was first introduced in 1748, but then the regulations were changed in 1774. So I decided to turn to depictions of midshipman in paintings and drawings of the period. I was comforted when I read somewhere that all navy uniforms did differ slightly, even though there were “regulations” set down by the naval code. I have struggled to find a pattern specifically for a midshipman uniform, though there are some available for captain and lieutenant ones, so I decided I would draft something myself.
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