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An ambassador’s full dress uniform comprising: - A taupe fel…
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An ambassador’s full dress uniform comprising: - A taupe fel…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
An ambassador’s full dress uniform comprising:
- A taupe felt bicorne top hat adorned with white feathers, with a black velvet band embroidered with acanthus leaves. A gold button marked “FRANCE”. White satin inner cap with remnants of markings from a manufacturer at 89 Rue de Richelieu, suppliers to foreign courts. Brown leather headband monogrammed "CB" beneath a count’s crown.
A.B.E. (Wear and tear).
-Black cloth trousers with gold braided trim featuring a foliage design
Coat in national blue cloth, very richly embroidered with foliage and a double band of wolf’s teeth on the collar, front panel, facings, waist knot and tails.
Numerous loops for decorations. Cord for fastening a Grand Cross. Fastened with five buttons in the lining. Nine ornamental buttons featuring the lictor’s fasces.
Wear and tear and moth holes. A.B.E.
See original version (French)
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