Officer, Review Order 1833

The 1834 Dress Regulations describe the shako worn by regiments of hussars as: black beaver, bell-shaped; crown six inches deep; black sunk glazed top, eleven inches in diameter; gold lace of two inches wide round the top; an inch wide black leather binding round the bottom; black patent leather peak edged with gold embroidery; gold braid rose with crimson centre, fastened by a loop and button to centre of star in front; gold line with flounders and bullion tassels; gilt scales fastened to side with lions’ heads. The plume of black cocktail feathers was to droop 16 inches in front. The DR does not describe the circles of gold lace around the top, and refers to the central device as a star instead of a wheel. The lozenge shaped boss above the wheel is described as a ‘rose’.
The gold lace and braid on the blue jacket and scarlet pelisse are carefully drawn in this print, of special interest is the unusual braiding on the shoulder of the pelisse. The loops across the chest are described as dead gold gimp chain-loops. The trousers, not seen in this detail, are dark blue to match the jacket, with a single broad gold lace down the outside. This agrees with the Dress Regulations but it is probable that the 10th were distinguished by having a double stripe of three-quarter inch wide lace. The print was the first in the Upright Series by Mansion & St Eschauzier printed by W Spooner between 1833 and 1836.

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