Royal Marines Blue Dress - Male
Royal Marines male Blue Dress with separate General, ordinary and Band branches; ordered sword, belt, sash and footwear follow the exact selected 1A or 1AW configuration.
Composition
Description
Specification
Gender
Male
Pattern
Royal Marines male Blue Dress with separate General, ordinary and Band branches; ordered sword, belt, sash and footwear follow the exact selected 1A or 1AW configuration.
Catalogue fit
Male catalogue offering; no claim that BRd 3 excludes female service dress.
Fittings & Lead Times
Measurements are taken and fittings overseen by Geoffrey Golding at the St Albans workroom, with each garment checked throughout the making process for fit, balance, finish and correct detail. Lead time is typically 8-12 weeks, depending on workshop capacity, fitting requirements and the date required.
Related accoutrements
Complete
the uniform
Garments and accoutrements supplied to complete this order of dress.
Badges & Insignia
Globe-and-Laurel Collar Badges
Conditional · Select current 4014 collar pattern for ordinary Officer/General/Band branch; do not interchange older conflicting plate variants.
Badges & Insignia
Royal Marines ‘RM’ Shoulder Titles
Required · Wearers: all-ranks
Badges & Insignia
Royal Marines Black Embroidered Corps Cap Badge
Choose one · Conditional · Wearers: brigadiers, colonels · Wearers: general-officers · Only with the senior-officer peaked cap, not green beret.
Badges & Insignia
Royal Marines Officers and WO1s Two-Part Cap and Beret Badge
Choose one · Conditional · Officers below Colonel or entitled WO1 only: split badge with silver globe; bright formal versus bronze combat selected by order. · Below Colonel only, with selected cap or beret and order-specific finish.
Buttons
Corps Buttons — Anodised pattern
Conditional · Anodised Blue/white fitting; General 20 mm versus ordinary pattern selected by actual garment.
Footwear
Black Oxford Shoes
Choose one · Conditional · Only the authorised shoe substitution in this branch; parade/armed boot order remains distinct. · Black shoe option for the prescribed General Service AW branch.
Footwear
Officer-Pattern Parade Boots
Choose one · Conditional · Wearers: officers, wo1 · Officer black boot option in the eligible AW branch.
Footwear
White Service Shoes
Choose one · Band AW white-trouser branch only; General Service black footwear remains separate.
Gloves
Brown Cape Leather Gloves
Choose one · Ordinary officer pattern under parade/winter rules; not restricted to warm weather. · Ordinary Stone AW branch only when armed; General/full ceremonial white-glove choice is separate.
Gloves
White Cotton Gloves
Conditional · White cotton ceremonial gloves, only where the selected scale authorises cotton.
Gloves
White Leather Gloves
Conditional · White leather ceremonial gloves, only where the selected scale authorises leather.
Hats
Peaked Cap
Choose one · Conditional · Wearers: all-ranks · Eligible rank/branch peaked-cap configuration where prescribed.
Hats
Wolseley-Pattern Helmet
Choose one · Conditional · Wearers: officers, wo1
Rank
5/8 Inch Gold Metal Bath Stars — Coloured Centre
Conditional · Metal-rank grade only: 16 mm Bath star on the appropriate shoulder carrier, according to substantive rank; General embroidered configurations separate.
Rank
5/8 Inch Metal Crowns — Coloured Top
Conditional · Current BRd 3 4017(a)(3): 16 mm Army-pattern crown, only where the officer’s substantive rank includes the crown; the named dress-order finish is required.
Rank
5/8 Inch Silver Embroidered Crowns
Required · Lieutenant Generals and Generals
Rank
5/8 Inch Silver Embroidered Stars
Required · Major Generals and Generals
Rank
Silver-Embroidered Crossed Sword & Baton – 40 mm
Required · All General Officers
Shirts & Neckwear
Black Service Tie
Required · Wearers: officers
Shirts & Neckwear
Plain White Shirt
Required · Wearers: general-officers, officers, warrant-officers, sncos
Shoulder Details
Three-Ply Gold Shoulder Cords
Conditional · Wearers: general-officers
Swords & Belts
Brown Leather Sam Browne Belt and Sword Frog
Conditional · Ordinary permitted branch only, always with frog; General/full white assembly remains separate.
Swords & Belts
Crimson Waist Sash
Conditional · Crimson ceremonial waist sash for Royal Marines officers and WO1s.
Swords & Belts
General Officer Mameluke Sword & Scabbard
Choose one · When the sword is ordered. Wearers: general-officers
Swords & Belts
Gold and Crimson Sword Knot
Conditional · Army No.1 gold-and-crimson cord sword knot for Royal Marines General Officers.
Swords & Belts
Gold Cord Sword Knot (Pattern No. 2)
Conditional · Army No.2 long gold-cord knot for Brigadiers and Colonels only.
Swords & Belts
Gold Strap and Acorn Sword Knot (Pattern No. 3)
Choose one · Army No. 3 ribbon knot only for the entitled officer/WO1 assembly; wear long or short by appointment without inventing distinct manufactured lengths.
Swords & Belts
Gold-and-Crimson Sword Slings
Choose one · Entitled General high-collar Blue or full white ceremonial assembly only.
Swords & Belts
Gold-and-Crimson Waist Sash
Conditional · Gold-and-crimson ceremonial waist sash for Royal Marines General Officers.
Swords & Belts
Royal Marines 1897 Pattern Officer’s Sword & Scabbard
Choose one · Officer below General rank, sword when ordered; ordinary leather versus full ceremonial steel scabbard selected by branch.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Blue Formal Trousers
Choose one · Conditional · Wearers: brigadier, colonel, specified-rmbs-appointment · Wearers: general-officer · Wearers: all-ranks. Except ranks and appointments assigned a broad scarlet stripe · Blue lower garment only where specified by the AW branch.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Braces
Required · Conditional · Wearers: all-ranks · White braces only with the actual Band white-trouser branch.