Shell jacket

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Richmond Depot Shell Jacket (left)

A shell jacket is a garment used as part of a military uniform.[1] It is a short jacket that reaches down to hip level.[2] It was very common in the mid and late 19th century. The jacket was first created in Austria.

  1. ^ Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the Years 1784 [-1823 Inclusive] Showing the Political & Social Condition of the English in India. O.T. Cutter. 1869. pp. 253. Shell jacket.
  2. ^ Thackeray, William Makepeace (1900). The Hitherto Unidentified Contributions of W. M. Thackeray to "Punch": With a Complete and Authoritative Bibliography from 1843 to 1848. Marion Harry Spielmann. p. 93.