New South Wales Artillery

Adding to some previous posts is this lovely example of an officer’s full dress tunic c.1875-1880, from the Australian War Museum collection. The buttons show the 3 stacked cannons.

Centre front fastened with nine silver New South Wales artillery buttons, eight made by ‘ FIRMIN & SONS 153 STRAND LONDON’, and one by ‘C. K. MOORE SYDNEY’.

C. K. Moore is not a common backmark. He was a  Sydney merchant who contracted for various government departments for uniforms, drapery, and other items during the 1860-70s.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney), 30th December 1873 page 3361.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney),12th January 1875 page 53.

For more on the NSW Artillery, see the previous posts:

http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/29th-may-2021/

http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/17th-may-2021/

http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/8th-july-2022/

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