A museum exhibit displays the uniforms of the King’s Dragoon Guards. This one being the dress tunic with review order gold lace belts. The distinctive embroidered badge on the collar was added to the uniform in 1896, the year that Emperor Franz Josef was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment. Prior to 1902 the single Austrian knot gold cord ornament on the cuff denoted the rank of lieutenant or 2nd lieutenant, but after 1902 the heavy cavalry discontinued the double and triple knots that indicated higher rank, so all officers had this cuff decoration. Also in 1902 the rank of 2nd Lieutenant was shown as a star on each shoulder and lieutenants had two. So this uniform belonged to a lieutenant.
The tunic was fastened with eight gilt regimental buttons which compares with the tunics of other ranks who had nine buttons. The tunic worn by Lt-Col Brownlow in the photo of a field officer c1885 also has nine buttons. The pouch-belt is one inch wider than the waist-belt, both being edged with blue velvet.
