Royal Artillery Mess Dress - Male

• Mess Dress

Included in the displayed Goldings uniform product: Mess Dress.

• Mess Dress Trousers

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Use the authorised combination for the selected dress variant

• Stiff-Fronted Wing Collar Shirt
• Marcella Shirt

Formal evening occasion with the prescribed stiff shirt and corresponding collar; not female gown wear.

• Black Bow Tie
• Stiff Wing Collar

Formal evening occasion with the prescribed stiff shirt and corresponding collar; not female gown wear.

• Leather Wellington Boots
• Black Leather George Boots

Black George or Wellington boots with prescribed legwear.

• 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.

• Authorised headdress when ordered outdoors

Headdress is worn only when the cited occasion rule calls for it.

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

• 5/8 Inch Gold Metal Crowns
• 5/8 Inch Gold Metal Bath Stars — Coloured Centre

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

• Authorised rank carrier for the wearer and garment

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

• Full-Size Dull-Silver Royal Cypher
• Full-Size Gilt Royal Cypher

Specified by the dress evidence but not separately listed as a Goldings product for this uniform.

• Royal Artillery Mounted 22 Ligne Button
• Royal Artillery Mounted 26 Ligne Button
• Royal Artillery Mounted 30 Ligne Button

Retain separately labelled RHA ball stock; verify only officer Mess mounted pattern and actual device, replacing unsupported generic RA officer links until resolved.

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

Entitled wearer with overalls and boxed boots; never with trousers.

• 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.