Sash
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A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or band of material worn around the human body, either draping from one shoulder to the opposing hip and back up, or else encircling the waist. The sash a
Philip V, King of Spain wearing two types of sash: a red waist sash and the blue sash (Cordon Bleu) of the Order of the Holy Spirit
Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole, a 1796 portrait of Napoleon by Antoine-Jean Gros depicting him wearing a sash
Washington at Princeton by Charles Willson Peale (1779)
Lieutenant General Adna Chaffee, Chief of Staff of the Army 1904-1906 depicted wearing the buff sash of a general officer
Cummerbund
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A cummerbund is a broad waist sash, usually pleated, which is often worn with single-breasted dinner jackets. The cummerbund was adopted by British military officers in colonial India, where they saw
Sash
…of belt traditionally worn by hussars. Since then sashes have been part of formal military attire (compare the sword belt known as a baldric, and the cummerbund). Thus several other modern armies retain waist-sashes for wear by officers in ceremonial uniforms. These include the armies of Norway (crimson sashes…
Black tie cummerbund
Persian military kamarbands
Cummerbund with dress shirt
Brightly coloured cummerbund