Volunteer officer's waist sash : Australian colonial Military Forces

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number REL/06506
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Uniform
Physical description Silk; Silver bullion; Leather
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1895
Conflict Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900
Description

Volunteer officer's full dress silver bullion net waist belt lined with soft cream leather. Each end of the sash has a shorter piece of the same net, also lined with leather, to which is attached a large scarlet and white silk tassel suspended from a white silk plaited head. The sash fastens with a plain clasp concealed under each end . Its length can be adjusted at one end by means of a strip of cream silk webbing that is held in place by a silver clasp and a leather keeper.

History / Summary

Unknown.

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