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<p>[QUOTE="Happy!, post: 40833, member: 237"]Found out a few tidbits. The back of the buttons: the buttons were made in London by a company that went out of business around 1920. So that gave me an ending point for the buttons.</p><p><br /></p><p>The front of the buttons say <i>Rattray's Sikhs. </i>Googled that and read a fascinating history of British forces in India. </p><p><a href="http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/45thsikhs.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/45thsikhs.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/45thsikhs.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From what I read 45th battalion started in 1864 and ended in 1922 when it became part of the 3rd.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the coat itself, the sleeve area looks very much like this picture, which was from a Rattray's reunion in 1904.</p><p> </p><blockquote><p>[ATTACH=full]10277[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the poorly executed ribbons on this jacket: some of the color patterns are similar to Lot 212 on this page:</p><p><a href="http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/results.php?dept=Medals&keywords=RATTRAY&action=Search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/results.php?dept=Medals&keywords=RATTRAY&action=Search" rel="nofollow">http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/results.php?dept=Medals&keywords=RATTRAY&action=Search</a></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Happy!, post: 40833, member: 237"]Found out a few tidbits. The back of the buttons: the buttons were made in London by a company that went out of business around 1920. So that gave me an ending point for the buttons. The front of the buttons say [I]Rattray's Sikhs. [/I]Googled that and read a fascinating history of British forces in India. [URL]http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/45thsikhs.htm[/URL] From what I read 45th battalion started in 1864 and ended in 1922 when it became part of the 3rd. Regarding the coat itself, the sleeve area looks very much like this picture, which was from a Rattray's reunion in 1904. [INDENT][ATTACH=full]10277[/ATTACH] Regarding the poorly executed ribbons on this jacket: some of the color patterns are similar to Lot 212 on this page: [URL]http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/results.php?dept=Medals&keywords=RATTRAY&action=Search[/URL][/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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