Collar Badges c1900

The quality of these examples indicates that they were worn by a private or junior NCO. Photos of other ranks of the 10th Hussars provide proof that this pattern of collar badge was not worn until c1900. After that date they were worn on dress tunics and the undress frock. Stable jackets did not have collar badges although two photos taken in the 1890s show a sergeant and a bugler wearing stable dress with small badges in the shape of the Roman numeral X. The 1900 Dress Regulations state that officers also had collar badges described as, ‘The Prince of Wales’s Plume. The Plume and motto in silver. The coronet in gilt or gilding metal.’ It says that these badges were worn on the tunic and frock but there is no evidence of officers wearing the badges on the dress tunic.

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