UNIFORMS. Dolman model 1872 of second lieutenant in the 5th artillery (Besançon) in fine black cloth with straight collar decorated with numbers in cannetille, scarlet sleeve facings, rank brackets in gilded spearhead, on the front 7 goat hair brandebourgs, shoulder shamrocks, on the back a butterfly in black brackets, black cotton lining, matching straight trousers. Wear and tear, traces of moths, 2 buttons to be sewn back on. ABE