Uniforms and Arms

Military Costumes

Officer's coat and waistcoat, King's Royal Regiment of New York, 1781-1784

Caption: Officer's coat and waistcoat, King's Royal Regiment of New York, 1781-1784

This section is a collection of surviving artifacts and period artists' illustrations. Illustrated are uniform coats of officers or enlisted men from a variety of Canadian and British units that served in present-day Canada during the period 1780-1870.

Additional Images

Royal Staff Corps officer's sabretache, circa 1820
Officer's shakos, British Light Dragoon regiments, circa 1820
Pattern to be used in putting braid on a rifle officer's coat, circa 1825
Officer's jacket, Queen's Light Dragoons, 1838-1850
Uniform of the Royal Montreal Cavalry, between 1832 and 1850
Colour Sergeant's tunic, 6th Battalion Volunteer Militia of Canada, or Hochelaga Light Infantry, 1862-63
Private's tunic, Canadian Volunteer Militia, 1863 - 1870
Grenadier private's coatee, possibly of the 3rd Battalion of the Quebec Militia, circa 1803-1815
Private’s coatee, Royal Nova Scotia Regiment, circa 1801
Officer's epaulette, Argenteuil Militia, Lower Canada, circa 1813