Uniform, Mess kit, 1968

Uniform, Mess kit, 1968 - midnight blue mess kit worn after unification (6)Mess dress uniform (after unification 1968) is the most formal (or semi-formal, depending on the country) type of uniform used by military personnel, police personnel, and other uniformed services members. It frequently consists of a mess jacket, trousers, white dress shirt, cummerbund and a black bow tie, along with orders and medals insignia. Design may depend on regiment or service branch, (e.g. army, navy, air force).

In Western dress codes, mess dress uniform is the supplementary alternative equivalent to the civilian black tie for evening wear or black lounge suit for day wear although military uniforms are the same for day and evening wear. Mess dress uniforms are typically less formal than full dress uniform, but more formal than service dress uniform.

While mess dress uniform is predominantly worn on occasions by commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers, it may also be worn as an optional uniform by some senior enlisted personnel.

Mess dress is worn as formal evening attire for mess dinners. Uniforms range from full mess dress (with dinner jackets, cummerbunds or waistcoats) to service dress worn with a bow tie for individuals not required to own mess dress (non-commissioned members and members of the Reserve Force).

Mess dress is not provided at public expense. However, all commissioned officers of the Regular Force are required to own mess dress within six months of being commissioned.

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