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......... At the end of December 1815 the Belgic was replaced by the Regency shako, so the portrait can be dated precisely to a 12 months period (did the Guards ever wear the Regency Shako? ).......
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A senior moment there - 1st Bn 2nd Foot Guards, a sergeant of a Battalion Company
Regency shako without the back peak of some of the earlier models, & increased in height.
Authorised in August 1815, the Regency shako was not on general issue until the following year.
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