Uniform cap
Category
Costume
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
Linen, Metal, Silver, Wool
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350813
Summary
Uniform cap of a Grenadier in the Austrian Army made from Victrix blue wool with blue wool twill lining and hessian. It is trimmed with 17.5 mm (0.625 in) wide silver lace, blue/white tuft, a metal cap badge with grenade, circular centre with two drums with muskets, a trumpet and a curved sword and across the base the words '?et mihi et tibi'. Also a small grenade on the turnback. (uniform)
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor