General Staff Mess Dress - Male

• Mess Dress

Included in the displayed Goldings uniform product: Mess Dress.

• General Staff Officer Blue Overalls

The exact General Staff No. 10 lower garment is the blue-overalls article documented by both ADR and Goldings. Generic Army Mess trousers are excluded.

Use the authorised combination for the selected dress variant

• Stiff-Fronted Wing Collar Shirt
• Marcella Shirt

A male General Staff No. 10 ensemble always requires one shirt. The stiff and Marcella products are mutually exclusive occasion branches, not two simultaneous shirts.

• Stiff Wing Collar

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Leather Wellington Boots

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Authorised socks or hose

Hosiery follows the selected lower garment and footwear under the cited dress rule; no separate Goldings product is asserted.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Side Cap
• General Staff Male No. 1 Forage Cap

Outdoors when ordered. This side cap remains a source requirement only; it is outside the owner-selected Goldings stock range.

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

• 3/8 Inch Silver Embroidered Stars
• 3/8 Inch Silver Embroidered Crowns
• Silver Embroidered Crossed Sword & Baton — Mess Dress

Select full or half-size embroidery for the actual rank and order; ordinary No. 1 gold embroidery is for General Officers and Field Marshals, not Brigadier/Colonel metal-rank configurations. Mess Dress only where the substantive rank includes a crown; use the prescribed silver embroidery on blue shoulder straps. Mess Dress: General, Lieutenant General and Major General only; excludes Brigadier and Field Marshal. Required crossed sword and baton with the appropriate crown/star complement; internal source specification, not a separately offered product.

• Authorised rank carrier for the wearer and garment

The rank carrier depends on the wearer and authorised garment construction under the cited rule.

• General Staff Cap Badge (Field Marshal)
• General Staff Cap Badge (General Officer)
• General Staff Cap Badge (Staff)
• Full-Size Dull-Silver Royal Cypher
• Full-Size Gilt Royal Cypher

With the cap outdoors when ordered, for the named rank or appointment.

• General Staff Officer Mess Dress 22 Ligne Button

Select Field Marshal, General Officer or Staff device for the wearer; preserve the mounted fastener.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Authorised waistcoat or cummerbund where prescribed

A waistcoat or authorised cummerbund depends on the exact open- or closed-neck Mess Dress pattern.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Authorised shoulder cords, chains or details

Shoulder cords, chains or other details depend on the authorised local pattern.

• Braces

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Short Swan-Neck Box Spurs

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Orders, decorations and medals as entitled

Orders, decorations and medals are selected by individual entitlement and the occasion.

• Authorised lanyard or aiguillette where entitled

A lanyard or aiguillette is worn only where local custom or individual entitlement requires it.

• Additional authorised item for the occasion

Any additional accessory is controlled by the cited occasion or local dress rule.

• No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Offer the same No.3 Staff pattern conditionally, only for an entitled ADC/Military Assistant/Flag Lieutenant appointment and official duty during that appointment; ordinary officer status alone confers no entitlement.