Officer in Undress 1828

The undress jacket is worn by this mounted officer without the pelisse, and we can see, in this Hull print, the way the ‘five fancy gold loops’ across his chest form the same pattern as on the tunic introduced in 1855. This will be seen even more clearly in the Spooner print of 1832. The undress forage cap is blue with a gold band and braid. The figures in the background are evidence that the rank and file also wore a peaked forage cap, but the details are not clear. The crimson and gold barrel sash is worn but the colourist has given him red tassels which does not agree with the Spooner print which shows gold tassels. He has pale blue trousers with gold stripes, although unclear whether they are a single broad stripe or double half-inch stripes. The 1822 Dress Regulations simply say ‘blue-grey cossacks, with laced seams’. The same regulations rule this uniform as undress for all the hussar regiments but there does not seem to be any pictorial evidence that it was worn anywhere else but the 10th. An 1832 Spooner print of an officer of the 15th Hussars in undress shows the dress pelisse being worn with all the prescribed items of undress.
The horse furniture is special for undress, and unusual in having a full leopard-skin saddle cover which is edged with red scallops. There is a blue cloth tubular valise strapped to the back of the saddle. The bridle is plain and mostly agrees with the 1819 print. The accoutrements include a plain black sabretache and the dress pouch-belt which is the chainy pattern that continued to be worn by the regiment.

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