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| | The Cavalry |
 | | It had low pointed cuffs ornamented with a trefoil knot (though this was not universal), 16 or 17 loops on the breast, with three rows of buttons, and an opening rear cuff-seam edged with braid; all braid was in the universal mixed fl and yellow, edging the collar, cuffs, skirts, front opening, and rear seams. |
 | | The shoulder belts for the fl leather cartridge box and carbine were white leather (slightly reduced in width in 1798), although fl leather belts ar ealso shown, as used by the 12th regiment in 1800, and by the 4th in 1805, probably due to a use of available equipment rather than a regimental variety. |
 | | Their sword knot was as for a corporal but with camel hair tassel; and they carried swords with brass fittings and a 'Spanish reed' cane. |
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