British Foot Guards Short Grey Wool Cape: Pre-WW2 Issue Sterling SMG and to a lesser extent

and to a lesser extent by Royal Air Force regiments (for airfield protection)

and towards the end of its service life also 8x58mmR Danish Krag centerfire

Note: By tradition the Scots Guards wore NO hackle on the Bearskin

His initials H

McKenna as William Howard Russell

British Foot Guards Short Grey Wool Cape: Pre-WW2 Issue Sterling SMG and to a lesser extentOriginal Item: These are the grey wool short capes that covered the upper body to the waist. Worn over a red parade tunic in inclement weather but not so cold that a Great Coat was required. Old etchings show this very pattern in use in the Crimean War in the 1850s when British Soldiers went into battle wearing all their red finery. The actual Capes we are offering, and ONLY SIX at that, date from the 20th century. They each have THREE closure buttons