Officer's Sabretache 1820-30

We know that the Scots Greys wore sabretaches after 1812 when the general order was sent out to the cavalry. The print by Hamilton Smith of 1813 and a painting by Denis Dighton of 1816 show plain black sabretaches but we don't know what the full dress sabretache looked like at that time. This example belonged to Major Wemyss whose uniform still exists after he left the army in 1827. The background cloth is dark blue velvet and the gold embroidery of oak leaves cover this to surround the Guelphic crown and the Georgian cypher. This cypher was used for both George III and George IV. The single battle honour for WATERLOO was embroidered on red velvet. The lace round the edge was the Ess and Vellum pattern, not unique to the Greys, and retained by them until c1844.

Regimental Details | Sabretaches and Pouchbelts