Wear and Appearance of Dress Uniform
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Wear and Appearance of Dress UniformWear and Appearance of Dress UniformWear and Appearance of Dress UniformWear and Appearance of Dress UniformWear and Appearance of Dress UniformWear and Appearance of Dress UniformWear and Appearance of Dress UniformWear and Appearance of Dress Uniform
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Contents
1. Dress 1a – Review order
2. Dress 1b – Review order
3. Dress 1c – Review order
4. Dress 3a – Drill order (Winter)
5. Dress 3b – Drill order (Summer)
6. Dress 5 – Mess Dress
7. Dress 6 - Undress Blues
8. Dress 1a - Pipes & Drums
9. Dress 3a – Pipes & Drums
10. Dress 3b – Pipes & Drums
Dress No 1a: Officers, WOs 1. Dress No 1a to be worn as a participant on State
Ceremonies, Guards of Honour, medal parades, or as
ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
e. Badges, Rank - Chrome metal (Candidate
Officers with satin ribbon 35 mm with Piper
Green centre strip 8mm), WO’s on sleeve
f. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
g. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black),
h. Socks - Black
i. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
j. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
k. Gloves - Brown leather service issue
l. Belt - Brown leather belt and frog
m. Sword - Chrome service issue Officers, OC,
RSM Traditional sword
n. Medals, Decorations - As entitled
Dress No 1a: NCOs 1. Dress No 1a to be worn as a participant on State
Ceremonies, Guards of Honour, medal parades, or as
ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
e. Badges, Rank – Embroidered, worn on sleeve
f. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
g. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black),
h. Socks - Black
i. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
j. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
k. Gloves – White cotton
l. Belt - White leather belt and frog
m. Sash - Piper Green (Colour Sgts only)
n. Medals, Decorations - As entitled
Dress No 1a: Other Ranks 1. Dress No 1a to be worn as a participant on State
Ceremonies, Guards of Honour, medal parades, or as
ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
e. Boots (black),
f. Socks - Khaki
g. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
h. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
i. Medals, Decorations - As entitled
Dress No 1b: Officers, WOs 1. Dress No 1b to be worn as a spectator on State
Ceremonies, Guards of Honour, medal parades, or as
ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
e. Badges, Rank - Chrome metal (Candidate
Officers with satin ribbon 35 mm with Piper
Green centre strip 8mm), WO’s on sleeve
f. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
g. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black), black
h. Socks - Black
i. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
j. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
k. Belt – Sam Brown leather belt
l. Walking Stick – Irish Blackthorn (Officers, RSM)
m. Medals, Decorations - As entitled
Dress No 1b: NCOs 1. Dress No 1b to be worn as a spectator on State
Ceremonies, Guards of Honour, medal parades, or as
ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
e. Badges, Rank – Embroidered, worn on sleeve
f. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
g. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black),
h. Socks - Black
i. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
j. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
k. Gloves – White cotton
l. Belt - White leather belt and frog
m. Sash - Piper Green (Colour Sgts only)
n. Medals, Decorations - As entitled
Dress No 1b: Other Ranks 1. Dress No 1b to be worn as a spectator on State
Ceremonies, Guards of Honour, medal parades, or as
ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
e. Boots (black),
f. Socks - Khaki
g. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
h. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
i. Medals, Decorations - As entitled
Dress No 1c: Officers, WOs 1. Dress No 1c to be worn at, General Courts Martial, or
as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
e. Badges, Rank - Chrome metal (Candidate
Officers with satin ribbon 35 mm with Piper
Green centre strip 8mm), WO’s on sleeve
f. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
g. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black), black
h. Socks - Black
i. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
j. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
k. Belt – Sam Brown leather belt and frog
l. Walking Stick – Irish Blackthorn (Officers/RSM)
m. Medals, Decorations - As entitled (Ribbons)
Dress No 1c: NCOs 1. Dress No 1c to be worn at General Courts Martial, or
as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
e. Badges, Rank – Embroidered, worn on sleeve
f. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
g. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black),
h. Socks - Black
i. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
j. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
k. Gloves – White cotton
l. Belt - White leather belt and frog
m. Sash - Piper Green (Colour Sgts only)
n. Medals, Decorations - As entitled (Ribbons)
Dress No 1c: Other Ranks 1. Dress No 1c to be worn at, General Courts Martial, or
as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
e. Boots (black),
f. Socks - Khaki
g. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
h. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
i. Medals, Decorations - As entitled (Ribbons)
Dress No 3a: Officers, WOs,
NCOs1. Dress No 3a (Drill Order Winter) to be worn as
Regimental and Office working dress during designated
winter season, or as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish Harp
and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Jacket – SANDF Green windbreaker with shoulder
title “South African Irish Regiment”
c. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left shoulder
knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
d. Badges, Rank –
i. Officers: Piper Green epaulettes with chrome
metal (Candidate Officers with satin ribbon 35
mm with Piper Green centre strip 8mm)
ii. WOs/NCOs: As entitled on sleeve
e. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
f. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black), black
g. Socks - Black
h. Shirts - Khaki, Long sleeve
i. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
j. Belt – Piper Green Stable Belt
i. Officers:, black leather buckle
ii. WOs/NCOs, chrome buckle with Irish Harp
k. Walking Stick – Irish Blackthorn (officers/RSM)
l. Medals, Decorations - As entitled (Ribbons)
Dress No 3b: Officers, WOs,
NCOs1. Dress No 3b (Drill Order Summer) to be worn as
Regimental and Office working dress during
designated summer season, or as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
c. Badges, Rank –
i. Officers: Piper Green epaulettes with
chrome metal (Candidate Officers with
satin ribbon 35 mm with Piper Green
centre strip 8mm)
ii. WOs/NCOs: As entitled on sleeve
d. Trousers - Trews, Piper Green serge,
e. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black), black
f. Socks - Black
g. Shirts - Khaki, short sleeve
h. Belt – Piper Green Stable Belt
i. Officers:, black leather buckle
ii. WOs/NCOs, chrome buckle with Irish Harp
i. Walking Stick – Irish Blackthorn (Officers/RSM)
j. Medals, Decorations - As entitled (Ribbons)
Dress No 5: Mess Dress 1. Dress No 5 to be worn as at formal social or mess
events, or as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Jacket - Short black mess: with Piper Green
epaulettes. Black satin lapel facings
b. Cuffs - Black pointed with green piping, 6” high
at point; 2 ½” slit, fastened with 2 ¼” chrome
regimental buttons (left hand sleeve upper
button, gunners chrome)
c. Vest (waistcoat) - Piper Green with 4 ¼”
Regimental buttons, Harp chrome
d. Trousers - Black with Piper Green 44mm centre
stripes
e. Badges of Rank - Chrome metal
f. Badges Lapel - Harp Chrome - miniature
g. Shirt - White collar, soft pique material with
silver cuff links (Harp)
h. Tie - Black bow, service issue, narrow
i. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black), black
j. Socks - Black
k. Headdress - Forage cap with button and Harp
l. Medals, Decorations (Miniature) As entitled
Dress No 6: Undress Blues 1. Dress No 6 to be worn to informal social or mess
events, or as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Beret and badge - Beret, Piper Green with Irish
Harp and Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Jacket - Patrol, blue serge, single breasted, four
pockets with Regimental buttons and shoulder
titles
c. Collar - Patrol 1 ½”to 2” high fastened with 2
hooks and eyes and white stiff collar inside, 1/8”
showing
d. Cuffs - Pointed 6” high points, 2 ½” behind.
Buttons as for Mess Dress
e. Epaulettes Standard fixed, Piper Green with
standard size badges of rank, chrome
f. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted. 10mm with chrome whistle
g. Trousers – Dark Blue with Piper Green 44mm
centre stripes
h. Shoes - Full wing Brogues (Black), black
i. Socks - Black
j. Badges, Collar - Chrome Shamrock
k. Badges of Rank- Chrome
l. Medals, Decorations - As entitled (Ribbons)
m. Walking Stick – Irish Blackthorn (officers/RSM)
Dress No 1a: Pipes & Drums 1. Dress No 1a to be worn as a participant on
ceremonies and parades as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Bonnet - Beret, Piper Green with Irish Harp and
Hackle, feather Piper Green
b. Tunic - Drabveld cutaway, four pockets with
chrome Regimental Buttons (Harp).. Left hand
sleeve small button gunners, chrome, Unit flash
and shoulder title “South African Irish
Regiment”
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Shirts - Khaki, long sleeve
e. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
f. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left
shoulder knotted 10mm with whistle
g. Kilt Pipers - Saffron with 3 green cloth
shamrock patches on which badges as follows
are superimposed at 3 ½”, 7 ½” and 10 ½” from
bottom of kilt
i. Badge cap – Royal Ulster Rifles
ii. Badge cap – Artillery grenade
iii. Badge cap – Royal Irish Regiment
h. Cloak Pipers – Saffron, Tara broach. Bottom of
the cloak to be lifted from the ground
i. Sash, shoulder, worsted red - For WO’s, S/Sgts
and Sgts
Dress No 1a: Pipes & Drums 2. Dress Standards (continued)
j. Badges of Rank - Chevrons of silver shamrock
lace on black worn on right forearm by Pipe
Major and right upper arm by NCO’s
k. Badges, Arm, Pipers - Worn by Piper Major ½”
above chevrons on right forearm, worn by
pipers 6” below point of shoulder on right arm
l. Belts, waist, Pipers – Black leather, With chrome
plate buckle and Regimental badge
m. Purses, Irish Pipers – Black leather with
Regimental /badge
n. Stockings - Green
o. Garters, flash, worsted, saffron - Size 6” x 2”.
Height of inverted V to be 1”
p. Shoes Highland - With Square buckle on tongue
q. Medals – As entitled
Dress No 3a: Pipes
& Drums1. Dress No 3a (Drill Order Winter) to be worn as Regimental and Office
working dress during designated winter season, or as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Bonnet - Beret, Piper Green with Irish Harp and Hackle, feather
Piper Green
b. Jacket – SANDF Green windbreaker with shoulder title “South
African Irish Regiment”
c. Shirts - Khaki, long sleeve
d. Tie - SA Irish tie (Piper Green)
e. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left shoulder knotted
10mm with whistle (NCOs only)
f. Kilt Pipers - Saffron with 3 green cloth shamrock patches on
which badges as follows are superimposed at 3 ½”, 7 ½” and 10
½” from bottom of kilt
i. Badge cap – Royal Ulster Rifles
ii. Badge cap – Artillery grenade
iii. Badge cap – Royal Irish Regiment
g. Badges of Rank - WOs/NCOs: As entitled on sleeve
h. Belts, waist, Pipers – Black leather, With chrome plate buckle
and Regimental badge
i. Purses, Irish Pipers – Black leather with Regimental /badge
j. Stockings - Green
k. Garters, flash, worsted, saffron - Size 6” x 2”. Height of inverted
V to be 1”
l. Shoes Highland - With Square buckle on tongue
m. Medals – (Ribbons) As entitled
Dress No 3b: Pipes
& Drums1. Dress No 3b (Drill Order Summer) to be worn as Regimental and
Office working dress during designated sumer season, or as ordered
2. Dress Standards
a. Bonnet - Beret, Piper Green with Irish Harp and Hackle, feather
Piper Green
b. Shirts - Khaki, short sleeve
c. Badges, collar - Irish Shamrock, chrome
d. Lanyard - Piper Green, double strand left shoulder knotted
10mm with whistle (NCOs only)
e. Kilt Pipers - Saffron with 3 green cloth shamrock patches on
which badges as follows are superimposed at 3 ½”, 7 ½” and 10
½” from bottom of kilt
i. Badge cap – Royal Ulster Rifles
ii. Badge cap – Artillery grenade
iii. Badge cap – Royal Irish Regiment
f. Badges of Rank - WOs/NCOs: As entitled on sleeve
g. Belts, waist, Pipers – Black leather, With chrome plate buckle
and Regimental badge
h. Purses, Irish Pipers – Black leather with Regimental /badge
i. Stockings - Green
j. Garters, flash, worsted, saffron - Size 6” x 2”. Height of inverted
V to be 1”
k. Shoes Highland - With Square buckle on tongue
l. Medals – (Ribbons) As entitled