Full dress tunic : 2nd New South Wales Infantry Regiment

Dark scarlet superfine tunic with shallow green stand collar and pointed cuffs. Upper edge of collar decorated with silver lace and lower edge with narrow white wool piping. Plain green superfine shoulder straps lined with scarlet, each with a single nickel-plated brass New South Wales Military Forces button. Pointed edge of cuffs are trimmed with silver lace. Right sleeve decorated with three chevrons of silver lace, on a green wool ground, above elbow to denote the rank of sergeant. Seven nickel-plated New South Wales Miltary Forces buttons made by 'W. JONES & Co. LONDON W.' at the front and two at the back waist. Skirt rounded at front and edged with white wool piping. Lower edge of skirt left raw. Back of skirt decorated with two closed vents piped with white wool below waist buttons. Two patched repairs at left side of tunic. Except for the centre back panel, the tunic is lined with a scarlet wool and cream cotton mixture that is padded in the bodice section. Concealed pocket inside left breast lining lined with white cotton twill, as are the sleeves. On the inside of the right front facing are three partially legible black ink stamps, some of which reads '2-R' and '9 87'. Collar lined with scarlet superfine and neck edge fastens with single brass hook and eye.

Scarlet tunic with green collar and cuffs denotes the 2nd New South Wales Infantry Regiment. The seven button tunic was introduced for the infantry in 1882; previously there were eight buttons. The stamp on the inside right facing indicates that the tunic was made in 1887. The silver buttons and lace were used by volunteer forces. Permanent and partially paid units wore gold buttons and lace. The 2nd Infantry Regiment included units from the Sydney region as well as Kiama, Ulladulla, Goulburn, Bowral, Ashfield and Cooma. There were four infantry regiments in total.

• Tunic button: General Service, New South Wales Military Forces