United Kingdom. A Full Dress Tunic for a Cavalry Officer of the Royal Dragoons for a Major to Lieutenant Colonel, late 19th–early 20th Century Auction 5 cm (w) x 30

5 cm (w) x 30 mm (h) overall

Christmas cards

the insignia in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire

one of only twenty-seven people in the German military so decorated

It measures 34

United Kingdom. A Full Dress Tunic for a Cavalry Officer of the Royal Dragoons for a Major to Lieutenant Colonel, late 19th–early 20th Century Auction 5 cm (w) x 30A late Victorian to early Edwardian British Army cavalry full dress tunic constructed in scarlet wool, privately tailored to officer quality for service with the Royal Dragoons, the front fitted with eight original gilt brass regimental buttons bearing the crowned Royal Dragoons device, the lowest ninth button now missing, the reverses stamped Jehnens & Co., London. The stand and fall collar is faced in black cloth and edged with gilt lace, each side