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Pictures are 1953 and WWI Scots Guards frocks https://bid.candtauctions.co.uk/lot-details/index/catalog/119/lot/40350/Post-1953-Scots-Guards-Greatcoat-and-Cape
by vi_sextus_vi 6mo ago
Pictures are 1953 and WWI Scots Guards frocks
https://bid.candtauctions.co.uk/lot-details/index/catalog/119/lot/40350/Post-1953-Scots-Guards-Greatcoat-and-Cape-Set#mz-expanded-view-907412889297 https://bid.candtauctions.co.uk/lot-details/index/catalog/11...
https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/91425-scots-guards-uniform/ https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/91425-scots-guards-unifo...
that "Scottish romanticism" all but evaporated by the turn of the century, so the "typo"?
Actual 1800s SG uniform
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/uniformi-militari--8444318037585249/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/uniformi-militari--84443180375...
For comparison, the "timeless" Grenadier Guards frock
https://thelanesarmoury.co.uk/shop.php?code=21282 https://thelanesarmoury.co.uk/shop.php?code=21282
Bonus: Caspar David Friedrich (another appropriation :)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/152982/an-introduction-to-british-romanticism https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/152982/an-intro...