Lancer officer's undress cap belonging to Major Caesar Bacon
Date made: c.1816
Description: Red and silver 'Chapka' style Lancer officer's undress cap.
It would appear that the peak is a later addition and is of French origin. There was a fashion around this time for British officers to discretely incorporate a piece of captured French uniform into their own, and it would seem likely that Bacon had the peak of a French officer's cap (possibly from the Waterloo battlefield) added to his own by a tailor.
Object name: cap
Collection: Costume & Textiles Collection
ID Number: 1954-1773