A Tale Of Two Kilties

[OC Richard]

The thing that immediately stood out for me was the doublet in the first/top picture, which featured castellated epaulets.

Yes that's been the pattern worn by the pipers of the Scots Guards for a very long time, with castellated 'shells' or 'wings'. (The epaulettes are the shoulder straps.)

Here's a Scots Guards doublet, the same pattern was worn from the mid-19th century to today. It's unique in several ways as compared to the doublets worn in the rest of the army. The doublet in the top photo above is the same, except the buttons have been switched out with civilian buttons. The doublet below has the proper Scots Guards buttons. Note the one distended epaulette, due to wearing the extra bulky plaid (the Scots Guards wear a full-width plaid, unlike the other army pipers who wear half-width plaids).



Here is the doublet in situ