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Described by Bonhams as the ‘first hat to bear the emperor’s DNA’, the hat is currently being previewed in Hong Kong, before it moves to Paris and then London, where it will be sold on 27 October.

Perhaps as a corrective to such loftiness, Sotheby’s is including in the sale a sardonic painting by the Belgian artist James Ensor from around 1890-91. Titled Les remords de l’ogre de Corse (The remorse of the Corsican ogre), it is one of several works by the artist depicting the Battle of Waterloo. Until about 1965 Foreign Office Regulations and Consular Instructions had required even junior foreign service officers to acquire this formal dress, following completion of their probation period. However, by the end of the 20th century the use of this uniform had greatly diminished. No. 5 is the collective category for all specialist working uniforms. They are worn as required for duties. These include overalls, dry and wet suits, physical training uniform, and dental and medical scrubs. Included in this category as well is the Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) PCS (personal clothing system) uniform. a b Lyadov, P.F. "Protocol and Etiquette". Russian Embassy in Chile (originally published in DIPLOMAT). Archived from the original on 3 October 2011 . Retrieved 5 September 2010. The Bicorn or Bicorne is a two-cornered hat widely adopted in the 1790s as an item of uniform by European and American military and naval officers.

a b c Israėli︠a︡n, Viktor Levonovich (2003). On the battlefields of the cold war: a Soviet ambassador's confession. Penn State Press. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-0-271-02297-0.

Trendell, Herbert A. P. (28 February 2019). Dress and Insignia Worn at His Majesty's Court, Issued With the Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. pp. 45–46. ISBN 9-780526-341122. The star lot of the auction is a bicorne which, it is thought, travelled with Napoleon throughout his triumphant campaign of 1807. It is believed to have been worn by him as he signed the peace treaties of Tilsit that carved up continental Europe into different zones of French and Russian influence. Several non-European courts adopted European-style diplomatic uniforms during the 19th century. Notably, Japan during the Meiji Revolution introduced European uniforms instead of traditional clothing for all officials in 1872. [1] The Ottoman court was another non-European court that adopted the uniforms, which were introduced during the Tanzimat period. The final period during which the majority of diplomatic services retained formal uniforms for the accredited members of their overseas missions was that prior to World War II. A detailed study of contemporary uniforms, both military and civil, published in 1929 [2] gives descriptions of the diplomatic uniforms still being worn by representatives of the majority of states then in existence. These included most European nations and a number of Latin American and Asian countries. It is however noted that several states which had only been created following World War I, had not adopted diplomatic uniforms and that others had discarded them. The uniforms described are nearly all of the traditional style of bicorne hat and tailcoat with braiding according to grade, from third secretaries to ambassadors. Consular staff were less likely to have authorised uniforms than their diplomatic colleagues and where consular uniforms existed they were generally of simpler style. As an example, the British Consular Service had silver braiding rather than the gold of diplomats. [3] Napoleon died aged 51 in exile on the British island of Saint Helena in May 1821. His last words were: “ France, l’armée, tête d’armée, Joséphine …” (France, the army, head of the army, Joséphine). The sale, from 15-22 September, will have about 100 lots and includes visual art, sculpture, silverware, furniture, porcelain, jewellery, photography as well as memorabilia.