PIKEMEN and MUSKETEERS...
#AbFav_HEADGEAR_👒
The seniority of officers and non-commissioned officers is signified by the amount of lace worn on collars and cuffs; the more lace the more senior the rank.
The Pikemen & Musketeers are dressed and equipped as members of the Company would have been in the 1640s and are tasked with providing a ceremonial bodyguard for the Lord Mayor of the City of London and escorting him when he is on official business.
Company of Pikemen & Musketeers to parade no more than 63 members at any one time, that being the size of a company in the 17th century.
Only veteran members of the HAC who have had proven efficient service in the HAC’s Territorial Army regiment are eligible to join the Company of Pikemen & Musketeers.
All join in the lowest rank, regardless of any previous military rank held.
Members must be fit enough to competently complete the march of the Lord Mayor’s Show.
Military medals and insignia are permitted to be worn.
Members are unpaid but give freely of their own time for drill practice and rehearsals as well as the parades and guards themselves.
All make a significant contribution towards the cost of their own uniform and are expected to clean and look after their armour, muskets and other kit to maintain the highest standards of turnout for the many prestigious occasions they parade for.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
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PIKEMEN and MUSKETEERS...
#AbFav_HEADGEAR_👒
The seniority of officers and non-commissioned officers is signified by the amount of lace worn on collars and cuffs; the more lace the more senior the rank.
The Pikemen & Musketeers are dressed and equipped as members of the Company would have been in the 1640s and are tasked with providing a ceremonial bodyguard for the Lord Mayor of the City of London and escorting him when he is on official business.
Company of Pikemen & Musketeers to parade no more than 63 members at any one time, that being the size of a company in the 17th century.
Only veteran members of the HAC who have had proven efficient service in the HAC’s Territorial Army regiment are eligible to join the Company of Pikemen & Musketeers.
All join in the lowest rank, regardless of any previous military rank held.
Members must be fit enough to competently complete the march of the Lord Mayor’s Show.
Military medals and insignia are permitted to be worn.
Members are unpaid but give freely of their own time for drill practice and rehearsals as well as the parades and guards themselves.
All make a significant contribution towards the cost of their own uniform and are expected to clean and look after their armour, muskets and other kit to maintain the highest standards of turnout for the many prestigious occasions they parade for.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Burg, Pikeman, musketeers, portrait, armour, reflection, uniform, soldier, plumes, lace, Brugge, Belgium, Flanders, horizontal, colour, "Nikon D7200", "Magda indigo"