Regimental jacket A short jacket to accommodate the wearing of the plaid. Lapels were worn by field officiers displaying regimental facings as early as 1740, and for company offiers and rank and file about 1760. The officer's lace would have been silver. The information on the jacket is vague. My reconstruction shows a couple of options as my information does not point to specific details where the jacket is concerned. The jacket drawing shows no lapels or collar, which is how it is depicted in Osprey's 18th Century Highlanders (Osprey Men-at-Arms #261). As for the buttons on the flap on the cuff, again sources show 3-4 buttons. At this time each regiment had it's own lace consisting of various colored stripes and or at times wavy line, so there were several. The buttons are pewter. I wrote to one of the reenactment groups that depict the 77th that wear white regimental lace on the jacket, although nco's may have had it. When I enquired about the documentation for the lace the response was that they wore it to add more color to the jacket. So much for authenticity. Here's how I would do the jacket. A brick red jacket with a medium to dark green (not bright) collar and cuffs. The vertical flap on the cuffs and shoulder strap would also be the coat color.
The vest or waistcoat is the same cut as the jacket except it had no sleeves.
