The officer and captain versions of the DS9/NEM formal jacket had sleeve cuffs that were analogous to those on the corresponding duty jumpsuits and "captain jackets," consisting of two ⅜" raised bands a ½" division-colored stripe between them.
There were two notable differences between the duty jumpsuit/jacket sleeve cuffs and the formal jacket sleeve cuffs, though.
First, the formal jacket's upper and lower edges of the sleeve cuff division stripe were embellished with the ⅛" gold/black twisted piping (independently of the ½" metallic gold braid/naval lace) - a nice touch, in our opinion.
Second, while the DS9/NEM duty jumpsuit and "captain jacket" sleeve cuff division stripes were made from the same cotton lycra as the division shirt, the formal jacket sleeve cuffs were made from either wool gabardine or cotton twill (perhaps the same used on the VOY duty jumpsuit yokes or ENT division stripes, but that's just speculation).
Also as with the corresponding duty uniforms, it appears that the sleeve hem allowance was turned upward and the sleeve cuff, which was assembled separately, was simply topstitched in place via a "stitch in the ditch" on the inside edges of the bands.
Interestingly, although the officer and captain versions of the DS9/NEM formal jacket had sleeve cuffs analogous to those of their duty uniform counterparts, the admiral version of the formal jacket had a different style sleeve cuff than that of its corresponding duty admiral jacket.
Whereas the DS9/NEM admiral jacket had a 2" command berry stripe near the bottom of the sleeve (which was embellished with ⅛" gold piping), the admiral version of the formal jacket was similar to the officer and captain versions of the jacket, except with two ½" command berry division stripes, over which the admiral rank bar was attached:
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| DS9, 6x26 "Tears of the Prophets" |
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| DS9, 7x16 "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" |
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