It is a great pleasure for this site to present the following set of detailed photos to document this exceptional William Shatner screen worn Captain Kirk gold velour tunic from the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series. This tunic is part of the complete Kirk Starfleet uniform that sold as Lot 1508 during Profiles In History's Hollywood Auction 83 in July of 2016. As seen in the composite photos immediately below, the unique arrangement of Captain's braid on the left arm cuff of this tunic can be precisely screen matched to the pattern visible in the scene from the 1st season TOS episode "Operation: Annihilate!" (first airdate: Apr. 13, 1967) where William Shatner leans over a sickbay bed to regard actress Joan Swift who portrayed his sister-in-law Aurelan Kirk in the broadcast ...
Below are some views of this tunic from various camera angles as well as closeup shots that capture the command patch, collar, gold velour fabric, and both the right arm and left arm Captain's braid patterns. Special thanks to the Troy R. Kinunen Family / MEARS Pop Culture Collection for its very gracious permission to display all of these outstanding images of such an iconic piece of Star Trek history.