Gents, Many thanks for your kind words, it is a pleasure sharing pics of these items with people who enjoy them. Mike, fantastic postcard, many thanks for sharing. I?ve been looking for that one for ages. If you ever wish to part with it, or ever spot a double, please let me know. Rabatte is the technical term for the white piece of cloth, and it was only worn for parades. To remind himself not to make a mess of it, Alfons often wore a dead sheep suspended from a ribbon around his throat, as evidenced by the pic posted by Mike Dwyer (The dead sheep is, in fact, the Spanish order of the Golden Fleece.) To permit wear of decorations when not on parade, the tunic itself sports numerous loops, similar to those evident on the rabatte. The tunic in full dress configuration is shown on plate 5, upper hand corner, of Volume II of Kn?tel/Pietsch/Collas - see below - and in Mike?s postcard. The tunic in daily wear configuration is shown in the pic of Alfons set out earlier in the thread, without the rabatte, and with shoulderboards instead of epaulettes. Regards, Sandro