An 1889 Studio Portrait Of A Danish Guard Hussar GTRexclude Five Royal Canadian Legion Officer

Five Royal Canadian Legion Officer Badges - All in bronze gilt with various enamel work

separation and edge wear evident on the wool base

115-17" photo credit with a handwritten message

GARRARD & Co HAYMARKET

and is maker marked with “SMF

An 1889 Studio Portrait Of A Danish Guard Hussar GTRexclude Five Royal Canadian Legion OfficerCard mounted, measuring 108x168mm, near extremely fine with light scuffing and some wear around the edges. The photo shows a member of the Danish Guard Hussar Regiment, one of the oldest Hussar units that still exists to this day. It was originally founded in 1614. Over his left shoulder he wears the traditional fur jacket known as pelisse. The photographer is Johannes Olsen from Copenhagen.