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FULL DRESS UNIFORM [4 records]

Record 1 2021-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

Stable belts were part of the uniform termed "stable dress. "It is probable that they were first worn in the British army around the 1880s by the cavalry who were issued a specially designed uniform to avoid damaging their much finer... full dress uniforms when mucking out the stables and tending to their horses.... Buckles became popular in the British army where the wearing of such belts with different clasps and colours could distinguish units when in working dress... Thus was born the stable belt, a broad and eventually colourful belt with the buckles or clasps on the hip to avoid injuring the horses when working with them...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
  • Music (General)
CONT

Concert dress... is a military band uniform in mess dress patterns, but in either approved full dress or environmental service dress colours.... Concert dress is not worn during church and commemorative services where ceremonial orders of dress are required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

La tenue de concert [...] est un uniforme de musicien militaire de modèle tenue de mess aux couleurs approuvées de la grande tenue ou de la tenue de service de chaque armée. [...] La tenue de concert ne doit pas être portée pendant les services religieux ou commémoratifs où les tenues de cérémonie sont de rigueur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

Constables’ Universal Pattern Helmet... The helmet was constructed of layers of cork and covered in cotton fabric. The brass spike and dome base... were used when in full dress uniform. They were replaced by a white, cloth-covered, dome ventilator cap when wearing the undress uniform.

OBS

In 1878 the last of the infantry shakos was replaced by the Home Service blue cloth, spiked, helmet. The Foreign Service Helmet was dyed khaki for active service and a dome ventilator was supplied in lieu of the full dress spike.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
OBS

[...] le casque colonial. À l'origine, celui-ci était constitué par du piqué de coton fixé sur une forme en osier, entouré d'un voile et surmonté d'une sorte de cimier par où se faisait l'aération.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
  • Clothing (Military)
  • Period Costumes (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

In 1910 the uniform for full dress formations consisted of black shakos and white crossed belts worn over coatees... Chevrons made of gold bullion lace on black denoted rank on the coatee sleeves.

CONT

Drummer Uniforms ... These uniforms included regimental fife cases and slings, drum badges for the rear of the shakos, coatees, pattern 1822 swords, and cross belts ... Officer Uniforms ... These uniforms included coatees, swords, accoutrements, shakos, cocked hats, breast plates, and so on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
  • Habillement (Militaire)
  • Costumes anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)

Spanish

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