Good clothes obtained.

I have found a wonderful outfit at a curiousity shoppe of imported goods from around the world, and had it tailored to wear on  more formal missions. Of course I did not buy the shashka for I have my own. The owner said it was the current style among nobles in Bohemia. It features velvet, ashtrakan black glossy tightly curled wool, and decorations of silver with blooddrop stones that look like garnets but the shop owner was not sure. Also shown are my shorter cavalry boots, which have been resoled and polished. The suit resembles my formal lieutenant's dress uniform, except I like this hat better than our sometimes rather silly looking czapkas. 

As I have no clothes that aren't terribly old (ah, but my trusty inverness-caped cavalry cloak has indeed served me well for nearly a decade!) or military-surplus, I also ordered a very new style of suit including a close-fitting covert coat with high collar. It seems the older styles have become popular again with the dandies. Won't this be a cracking look! I had to have a portrait made as this is the first civilian outfit I have had since I was a boy.