TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Preface
| v |
| Acknowledgements
| vi |
| Introduction
| 1 |
| The Origin of the Shoulder Strap 1829-1834
| 7 |
| The Bimetalic Era 1835-1850
| 17 |
| The Golden Era 1851-1871 Regulation Shoulder Straps
| 25 |
| The Golden Era 1851-1871 Nonregulation Shoulder Straps
| 55 |
| The Silver Era 1872-1901
| 87 |
| Towards Obsolescence 1902-1936
| 103 |
| The Modern Era 1937 - Present
| 113 |
| Other Shoulder Straps
| 131 |
| Appendix A: Suppliers of Shoulder Straps
| 154 |
| Appendix B: Key of Branch Colors
| 156 |
| Appendix C: Regulation Border Dimensions
| 161 |
| Appendix D: Color Photographs
| 162 |
| Appendix E: Styles of Grade Devices
| 178 |
| Notes
| 181 |
| Index
| 195 |
