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TO THE CUTTING OF MILITARY GARMENTS
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There are 9 Buttons down the front, 2 at the waist behind. The front of the skirt is rounded and it is lined with blue cassimere in the 1st Life guards; scarlet Italian in the 2nd Life guards; scarlet cassimere in the Royal Horse Guards. A Gold cord aiguillette, with engraved gilt tags, is worn on the right shoulder; a plaited gold cord on top of the shoulder.

A strip of embroidery ½ inch is placed round the top of the collar and cuffs of the Tunics worn by the Field Officers.

TUNICS FOR DRAGOON GUARDS AND DRAGOONS

These are made of scarlet cloth and cuffs of the colour of the regulation facing. These are as follows:- The 1st (King's Own), the 3rd (Prince of Wales'), 4th (Royal Irish), 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales'), 7th Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), 1st Royal, 2nd Royal, Scotch Greys, and 6th Iniskillings, of cloth.

The Collar ornamented with ¾ inch lace, with the exception of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) and 1st Royal Dragoons, which have 1 inch.

Round the top of collar and down the front only for Officers of all ranks.

The cuffs are made 2 inches deep at the point 1¼ at the back edge, with round back gold cord, forming a single Austrian knot 7¾ inches deep:

8 buttons are placed up the front and 2 at the waist behind; a sword flap of scarlet cloth is placed at the back of the skirt, edged with round back gold cord and traced inside and out with gold Russia braid. The front is edged with the same material and colours as facings of the skirt are lined with white, plaited gold shoulder cord lined with scarlet and small button at the top.

TUNICS FOR 6th DRAGOON GUARDS

Tunic is made from blue cloth, the top and bottom of the collar has round back gold cord all round, pointed cuffs, are of white cloth, the collar is laced with cord like that for other Dragoon Guards; cuffs for all ranks are trimmed with a single Austrian knot, and a tracing of plan braid. The Austrian knot is about 7½ inches deep.

There are 8 buttons placed up the front and 2 at the back of the waist; a sword flap is placed on the back of each skirt; it is trimmed with 3 buttons and edged with round back gold cord, plaited flat gold shoulder cord lined with blue and a small button at the top.

HUSSAR'S TUNIC

This is made of blue cloth and edged all round with gold chain gimp, on each side of the breast,