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2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) & 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) Shabraque Details
Circa 1880
Measurements: 66cm (26in) x 66cm (26in)
£2800
The shabraque was the costly and elaborately embroidered saddlecloth that covered a cavalry officer’s saddle including the holsters or wallets. The fore part of the shabraque which went over the wallets was decorated with the Royal cypher, while the rear ends bore the crown and regimental device with designation underneath. Dress Regulations forbade cavalry regiments from taking shabraques to India and insisted if discontinued they must not be re-introduced. The majority of regiments, however, kept using them until 1896 when they were abolished altogether. That said, the 18th Hussars discontinued the use of the shrabraque in 1889, seven years before the official decree.