PAIR OF SECOND LIEUTENANT'S EPAULETS OF THE KING'S BODY GUARDS OF THE KING'S MILITARY HOUSEHOLD, model 1814, Restoration, 1814-1820. 29/22307

PAIR OF SECOND LIEUTENANT'S EPAULETS OF THE KING'S BODY GUARDS OF THE KING'S MILITARY HOUSEHOLD, model 1814, Restoration, 1814-1820. 29/22307

They are embroidered with twists and silver and gold sequins.

Body is luxuriously embroidered in gold with a design representing the uniform braid of the bodyguards bordered by a scalloped framing rod on dark blue wool cloth, buttonhole bordered by an embroidered rod. Silver embroidered crest, decorated with a shield bordered by a beaded rod (spangles and sequins) with a radiant sun and in its center the face of the sun (stamped silver strip). according to the regulations of 1814, this decoration is reserved for the standard bearer and second lieutenant.
Double row of fringes in large twists in mixed matte and shiny silver threads. The outline is made up of three turnings (a large one in matte satin and shiny yarn rolled alternately; a second interior with the same finish; a third, of the same work, is applied below the large one, at the start of the fringe).

Dimensions:
Body: length 76 mm, width 67 mm.
Shield and twists: length 70 mm, width 117 mm.
Fringes: height 55 mm.
Weight of one shoulder pad 265 grams.



France.
Restoration.
Very good condition, some wear to the sheet and two buttonholes.

Note: The rank of second lieutenant in the King's Body Guards corresponds in the cavalry of the line to the ranks of major and lieutenant-colonel.