Colonel, Full Dress, 1868

This coloured photo of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales shows the dismounted full dress uniform as worn by field officers. He was appointed Colonel of the 10th Hussars on 16 April 1863. The pouch-belt is worn on the left shoulder, over his KG blue sash. His tunic is blue with gold chain lace across the chest and highly decorated sleeves. The collar was completely covered in gold lace, and for the rank of colonel he has a silver embroidered crown and star on each side.
His dress sabretache has the three battle honours for WATERLOO, PENINSULA and SEVASTOPOL. When mounted, officers had strapped, or booted, trousers which gave some protection from wear around the ankles and inside leg. But dismounted they wore the trousers seen here. Both types of trousers had double gold stripes. The busby on the table is of special interest as it is the tall version worn up until 1888. The eight inch high white egret plume had a base of black vulture feathers. The scarlet bag falls on the right side and has a decoration of gold Russia braid and gold gimp button. Gold cap-lines circled the black fur of the busby in a diagonal fashion and were attached to the wearer’s neck.

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