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Archduke Stephen of Austria, Palatine of Hungary, in 19th-century Hungarian general's hussar style gala uniform; [1] with characteristic tight dolman jacket, loose-hanging pelisse over-jacket, and busby. A hussar [a] was a member of a class of light cavalry, originally from the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title ...
The attila is an elaborately braided Hungarian shell-jacket or short coat, decorated with lace and knots. Historically it was part of the uniform of the Hungarian cavalry known as hussars (or huszárs). It was a part of the everyday wear of rural men as well as members of the nobility and officials.
The dolman entered Western culture via Hungary starting in the sixteenth and continuing on into the nineteenth centuries where Hungarian hussars developed it into an item of formal military dress uniform. The jacket was cut tight and short, and decorated with passementerie throughout.
The style of uniform incorporating the pelisse originated with the hussar mercenaries of Hungary in the 17th century. As this type of light cavalry unit became popular in Western Europe, so too did their dress. In the 19th century pelisses were in use throughout most armies in Europe, and even some in North and South America.
The regiments listed below were part of the Royal Hungarian Hussars, also known as the Royal Hungarian Honved Hussars (k.u. Husaren), Honvéd being Hungarian for "Home-defender". English sources usually refer to regiments simply as e.g. the "1st Hussars" or "1st Honved Hussars".: 1st Hussars (Budapest) (Budapester Honvéd Husaren Rgt 1)
The Roșiori were formed in 1868 [1] during a period of modernization within the Romanian army.The result of these reforms was the formation of an irregular cavalry force (described in one source as being armed like Cossacks), [2] the Călărași, and a professional cavalry force, the Roșiori, who were armed and organized along the lines of the cavalry of the German Empire. [2]
Busby is the English name for the Hungarian prémes csákó ('fur shako') or kucsma, a military head-dress made of fur, originally worn by Hungarian hussars. In its original Hungarian form the busby was a cylindrical fur cap, having a bag of coloured cloth hanging from the top. This bag could be filled with sand and the end attached to the ...
Hessian boots worn by British hussar officer Cornet Winston Churchill, 1895. The Hessian boot (/ ˈ h ɛ s i ə n /; from Hesse in Germany) is a style of light riding boot that became popular from the beginning of the 19th century. [1]