Pair of Russian epaulettes picked up after Sevastopol by Lt Col Sir Henry Le Guay Geary, Royal Artillery, 1855.
Red cloth strap edged with 6 inch wide gold lace. At top of strap a gold embroidered false buttonhole. At other end a gold embroidered ‘1C’ in Cyrillic, surmounted by a bronze mullet. Underside lined with red cloth. Crescent shaped gold bullion fringe in three layers, with a large central bullion cylinder flanked by two smaller bullion cylinders.
Associated with Crimean War (1854-1856).