UNIFORMS OF THE
PONTIFICAL WALSINGHAM GUARD

As defined in ASP 2.5.

The following are some of the uniforms of the Pontifical Walsingham Guard.


Above L-R: Full Dress (regiments - shown, junior officer); Green service dress;
Regimental mess dress; Grey service dress (optional for Colonels
and General officers only); Naval blue dress

Below: Guard cap, used by all units, shown with officer chin strap and cockade
(blue hat band is used by the air guard, black by the naval guard)

Beret Colours:
Palatine Guard: Dark green
Noble Guard: Red
Air Guard: Sky blue
Naval Guard: Dark blue
Airbourne Guard of Honour: Maroon
Chaplains: Purple
Medical Staff: Kelly green
All others: Olive green


Officer cap cockade


Pontifical Walsingham Guard non-uniform regimental tie.
For non-uniform, non-formal use by all members in good standing
of the Pontifical Walsingham Guard.

UNIFORM REGULATIONS

Note: Where scarlet trousers are indicated, instead black trousers are prescribed for naval use and French blue for air use, both without gold lace.

Grand (Full) Dress
Regimental, Naval, and Air

Officers:

1.    Jacket identical to the dress uniform (optionally the grey uniform for regimental and air Colonels and General Officers). The black bowtie is optionally worn – otherwise a black necktie.
2.    Red belt with two rows of gold lace and a gold buckle.
3.    Sword (on underbelt worn underneath the waist sash).
4.    Scarlet trousers with gold lace according to rank (1.5 inches for junior and senior officers, 40mm with oak leaves for general officers). Naval officers: Naval blue, without stripe (white, with 40mm gold lace with oak leaves for admirals). Air: Medium blue, without stripe (medium blue with 40mm gold lace with oak leaves for general officers).
5.    Black stockings and shoes.
6.    Black peaked cap (if full fringed epaulettes are worn, then the cocked hat – and epaulettes of officers of the rank of Captain and below are without fringe). The crowned crossed halberds are worn on the peaked cap above the officer’s cockade. The hat band is red and the chin strap is gold for all officers; for the Captain-General the hat band is gold with oak leaves, and the chin strap is gold with a red stripe.

Other Ranks:

Identical to the dress uniform, with the addition of scarlet trousers (with 1" gold lace for Sergeants, without lace otherwise) for regimental, naval blue for naval, and medium blue for air; the white ceremonial belt, and large medals. The peaked cap is identical to that of officers except that the cockade is not worn, and the chin strap is black.

Dress Uniform (Regimental)

1.    Green single breasted tunic, with peaked cuffs; worn with gold buttons. Colonels and general officers use red gorgets with a gold stripe (colonels) or gold oak leaves (generals). Junior officers and all other ranks wear a circular gorget on the collar in the same colour as specified for the beret: 
             Palatine Guard: Dark green
             Noble Guard: Red
             Airbourne Guard of Honour: Maroon
             Chaplains: Purple
             Medical Staff: Kelly green

2.    White shirt and black four-in-hand tie.
3.    Black trousers (with red stripe according to rank; 1-inch red for Sergeants, without stripe otherwise)
4.    Black stockings and shoes.
5.    Rank is worn on soft epaulettes on the shoulder straps.
6.    The dress peaked cap, peaked field cap, or beret.
7.    Service ribbons are worn.
8.    For the parade version, the dress belt (white with a gold buckle for other ranks; red with two rows of gold lace and a gold buckle for offices) is worn, as well as large medals and decorations. Offices wear the aiguilette. Up to two neck decorations may be worn. Up to two neck decorations may be worn. One sash may be worn.
9.    For regular use, the dress belt is optional for officers, and it may be replaced with the brown undress belt, with or without cross-strap. The undress belt in black is worn by other ranks.

Dress Uniform (Naval)

Identical to the regimental form, except:
1.    The jacket is blue double-breasted of traditional naval style. Other ranks wear rank on the left sleeve above the elbow. Officers wear naval sleeve lace with curl and shoulder boards identical to those of regimental use.
2.    The trousers are not striped.
3.    The blue peaked cap is worn. It is identical to that as described for regimental dress.
4.    The summer dress uniform is identical, with white trousers and, for officers, white stockings and white shoes, and for other ranks, black stockings and black shoes. The white peaked cap is worn.


Dress Uniform (Air)

Identical to the regimental form, except:
1.    The trousers stripes are light blue.
2.    The band of the peaked dress cap is light blue.
3.    The circular collar gorgets for junior officers and all other ranks are light blue.

Grey Dress (Regimental and Air )

Senior officers may optionally use the grey dress uniform. It is identical to the green regimental dress uniform except that:
1.    The jacket is grey, without peaked cuffs.
2.    The trousers are black with stripe for general use.
3.    For ceremonial use, the red trousers are used (regimental) or medium blue (air).
4.    Sleeve lace is used for senior and general officers.

Tropical Dress (Regimental and Air)
1.    White high collar, single breasted tunic. Officers wear shoulder boards and, regardless of branch, sleeve lace for senior officers is identical to that used by regimental officers for grey dress.
2.    Black trousers with stripe according to rank (regimental and air) or white trousers without stripe (naval).
3.    For tropical ceremonial dress, the red trousers are used. 
4.    White stockings and white shoes (naval officers); Black stockings and black shoes (all others).
5.    White peaked cap, the field cap (regimental and air only), or the beret (regimental and air only).
6.    Ribbons, decorations, etc. are identical to those as specified for the dress uniform according to the occasions indicated.

Tropical Alternative Ceremonial Dress
1. Regiemtnal and Air: As specified for service dress (white short-sleeve shirt), with red trousers (regimental) or medium blue trousers (air) and the ceremonial/dress belt. Naval: White short-seeve bush jacket with white self-belt.
2. Officers wear the aiguilettes.
3. Full-size medals are worn.
4. One sash of an order may be worn.
5. The sword may be worn by officers.

Mess Dress
Officers
1.    Black tailcoat with sleeve lace (regimental and air senior officers, as defined for grey dress) or naval lace, shoulder boards (most formally, fringed or full epaulettes), six gold buttons on the front, two gold buttons above the tails, and joined in the front with a gold cord buttoned on each side, inside the jacket.
2.    White waistcoat with three gold buttons.
3.    White peak-collar shirt.
4.    Black bowtie.
5.    Scarlet trousers with gold lace according to rank (regimental), medium blue trousers with or without stripe as given for grand dress (air), or naval blue trousers without stripe or white trousers with  stripe as given for grand dress (naval).
6.    Black stockings and shoes.
7.    Black peaked cap (if fringed or full epaulettes are worn, then the cocked hat)
8.    Sword (optional, only for court dress or ceremonial dress)
9.    Miniature medals are used.
10.    Only one neck decoration may be worn.
11.    Those entitled to the sash of an order wear it underneath the jacket.
12.    When white tie is specified, a white bow tie is worn.
13.    The aiguilette is optional in general for both white and black tie, but is required for ceremonial occasions.

Other Ranks
    Identical to the dress uniform, with a black bow tie and formal shirt.

Tropical Mess Dress
Officers
1.    Identical to regular mess dress, except that the jacket is white without tails. Regardless of branch, sleeve lace for senior officers of the same style as worn by regimental officers with grey dress is used.
2.    Miniature medals are used.
3.    Only one neck decoration may be worn.
4.    Those entitled to the sash of an order wear it underneath the jacket.
5.    When white tie is specified, a white bow tie is worn.
6.    The aiguilette is optional in general, but is required for ceremonial occasions.
7.     Naval trousers are always black without stripe.

Other Ranks
    Identical to the tropical dress uniform.

Red Sea Mess Dress
Identical to the service uniform (white short-sleeve shirt, or, optionally for naval use, the white bush jacket), with a black full cummerbund (which is omitted in the case of the bish jacket). Medals and other insignia are not worn. Rank is worn as usual.

Service Uniform
 
1. White shirt (A: long-sleeve, with tie; B: short-sleeve with open collar). Rank on soft epaulettes for all ranks. Naval usage is identical to the shoulder boards worn with the dress uniform. Colonels, naval captains, generals, and admirals use the red gorgets on the collar with the short-sleeve "B" dress only.
2. Trousers identical to those specified for the  non-ceremonial dress uniform are worn.
3. Naval tropical variant: As above, with white trousers. For officers, white stockings and white shoes.
4. Regimental and air tropical variant: As above, with khaki short-sleeve shirt. 

Field/Work Uniform
Blue:
1. Blue field jacket, with rank on soft epaulettes. Officers of colonel and above use gorgets.
2. Black trousers identical to those worn with the service uniform.
3. Black undress belt (other ranks). Brown undress belt, with or without cross-strap (officers).
4. Peaked cap, peaked field cap, or beret.

Green:
Identical to blue field uniform, except that the jacket and trousers are in olive green. The gymnastyorka in green (without gorgets) may alternatively be worn, with black trousers.

Khaki:
Identical to blue field uniform, except that the jacket and trousers are in khaki. The khaki bush jacket with self-belt may alternatively be worn.


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