Uniform epaulette
Category
Costume
Date
1810 - 1820
Materials
Gilt, Gold, Silk
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350822.1
Summary
One of two epaulettes of an officer in the Royal Fusiliers. Made from gilt scales (8) with one button 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' surmounted by a crown with a rose in the centre and figure '7' (7th Regiment of the Line). Same emblem on the base of the epaulettes, partly in silver with the letters 'R' and 'F' on either side. They are lined with yellow silk and trimmed with gold bullion fringes in a double row. The crown and star - colonel; crown - lieutenant colonel; star - major; captains and below - no badge of rank. Prior to 1829 captains and below wore one epaulette. From 1830 with gold lace for infantry, silver lace for militia. Epaulettes discontinued during the Crimean War. (uniform)
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor
Marks and inscriptions
'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' (button on shoudler scales)