The Royal Dragoon Guards Mess Dress - Male

• Royal Dragoon Guards Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: Royal Dragoon Guards Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete.

• Royal Dragoon Guards Green Overalls

Green barathea Mess overalls with a 2¼-inch gold stripe. Officer wear uses straight-neck spurs; the corresponding NCO pattern uses swan-neck spurs.

• Collarless White Shirt

Plain-front collarless shirt for Officers, Warrant Officers and senior NCOs in the closed-jacket Mess pattern; Corporal golf-ball Marcella is separate.

The standard RDG closed-collar Mess jacket uses the plain collarless shirt.

• 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.

• The Royal Dragoon Guards Forage Cap

Outdoors/formal occasions when headdress is ordered.

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

• Royal Dragoon Guards Gold Gimp for Field Rank
• 5/8 Inch Silver Embroidered Stars
• 7/8 Inch Silver Braid Bath Stars
• 7/8 Inch Silver Braid Crowns

Second Lieutenants and Lieutenants: one or two 5/8-inch silver-braid Bath stars on scarlet pointed epaulettes edged in gold cord. Woven gold-cord shoulder boards use 7/8-inch silver-braid devices: Captain three stars; Major crown; Lieutenant Colonel crown and one star; Colonel crown and two stars. The 7/8-inch devices are internal fitting specifications, not stocked listings; owner-withheld boards remain withheld.

• Royal Dragoon Guards Mess Dress Gold Cord Shoulder Boards

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Royal Dragoon Guards Mess Dress Collar Badges

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Royal Dragoon Guards 30 Ligne Deep-Engraved Gilt Screw Button

40 ligne tunic-front buttons are for No. 1 and Service, not Mess.

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.

• Royal Dragoon Guards Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: Royal Dragoon Guards Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete.

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

• Royal Dragoon Guards Subaltern Mess Dress Epaulettes

Subaltern alternative: scarlet-refine epaulettes.

• Braces

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Straight Neck Box Spurs

Straight-neck box spurs with officer Mess overalls and compatible boots.

• Miniature Court-Mounted Medals

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

• 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.