Officer in Dress Uniform 1855

The dress uniform of an officer of the RHA is shown on this figure, one of 12 on the 3rd lithographic sheet produced by Gambart & Co on 12 Feb 1855. The busby is of brown sable fur (described as black sable in the 1855 Dress Regulations) with a 9 inch high white plume and scarlet bag. Cap-lines were gold with acorn ends, chinstrap of black leather. The busby was reserved for parades and reviews; on field days and for marching order officers had a waterproof-covered shako. The rest of the uniform conforms with the 1845/6 images on this Uniforms page. It was the last year that this heavily braided jacket was worn. In 1856 the RHA adopted the less complicated style which had only one row of buttons down the centre. Dress trousers had a gold stripe, one and three quarter inches wide. This was still worn in dress in 1864 according to the Dress Regulations of that year. Undress trousers had a two inch wide scarlet stripe.

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