Busby
Category
Costume
Date
1914 - 1918
Materials
Cony, Metal, Textile
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Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1176058
Summary
An Officer's Busby from the Hussar Regiment Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands (Hanover) No.15, Germany. Made of rabbit skin as worn during the First World War. A cream, fulled, wool hat, the point falling over the left shoulder. This has faded from yellow. The scroll bears honours gained by the regiment while serving with the King's German Legion as part of the British Army during the Napoleonic wars.
Provenance
collection of Col E.P.Ryan (see PLN/RYAN/B/34)