OFFICER: Helmet in black leather with black leather peaks front and rear edged in white metal, a solid silver lace band and a black hair crest, jacket is in blue with violet collar, cuffs and lapels, collar has silver lace castle insignia and piping, the lapels have silver lace edging and button lace, cuffs have silver lace piping and three bars of elite unit cuff lace also in silver, the epaulettes are also in full silver lace, lining to the turnbacks are red cloth, white waistcoat, silver gorget and buttons, breeches are blue with black leather boots, white leather sword cross-belt. Flag holding strap with a yellow centre and red outer edging, the standard has a crimson field, in the centre is a red Burgundian cross with a gold lace outer edge, at each end of this cross is a gold crown and alternating at each extreme are gold castles and rampant lions, the ribbon through the middle is in white with a gold lace outer edge, the legend on it is in black, the staff has a crimson bow.

Source: Banderas de Espania, by J. L. Calvo Perez & L. Gravalos Gonzalez, Pub. Silex, Madrid 1983.

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