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| The Scots Greys were permitted to use the Eagle device in 1835, confirmed in 1838. Hayes paintings of the Greys in the 1840s show officers wearing undress black leather sabretaches with the Eagle badge, and a drawing made by the French artist General Vanson in the Crimea shows a sergeant with such a sabretache. The full dress sabretache was discontinued at the time of the Crimean War and only the undress type was permitted for the heavy cavalry. This well preserved example is plain black leather with a gilt Eagle badge in the middle. It was used for dress as well as undress occasions until 1902 when sabretaches were officially discontinued. |
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