Includes:
1. Dress Cap: the exterior is fabricated from a black wool, designed with a very high peak, the front adorned with a 45 mm (w) x 50.5 mm (h) cap badge bearing the Venezuelan coat-of-arms in brass with red, yellow, white, blue and green enamels. The stiff visor is finished in black felt on the upper, with two facing branches of laurel leaves and berries in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire across the width of the visor, as are both sides of the sidewalls at the front, the raised midribs of the leaves in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire in a twisted pattern, the front portion of the visor with a band of angled rolled gold-coloured bullion wire and gold-coloured sequins framing the leafing, the front edge of the visor trimmed in a strip of black vinyl. There are two 6 mm wide straps in fine gold-coloured embroidery in a braided pattern, with matching dual adjustable sliders, running across the front between the gilt buttons on either side, each of the buttons bearing the Venezuelan coat-of-arms, the underside of the visor in fern green vinyl. Inside, the underlying stiff framework on the sidewalls is wrapped in black felt, with a 38 mm wide leather sweatband with a pecan brown upper and white cotton underside, the ends of which are stitched at the rear and securing the ends of the sweatband together. The dome is lined in a red silk-like fabric, with a diamond-shaped moisture shield that incorporates a name plate slot with a white paper inserted and marked "Alcalde Alvarez" in black running script. The cap measures 225 mm in width x 265 mm in depth x 130 mm in height, is free of mothing, exhibiting very light soiling, dirt and mould in the black wool on the top, sidewalls and at the opening, some discolouration in the gold-coloured bullion wire on the visor, scattered chipping in the leafing framing the arms on the cap badge, light soiling present on the fern green underside of the visor, the moisture shield with curling and fraying.
2. Shoulder Board Pair: uppers with four rows wrapped in gold-coloured bullion wire in a thatched-pattern, the four rows forming an interlocking braided weave pattern throughout, bearing two gilt disks, each of which bears a sun face backed by a five-pointed star, itself backed by another five-pointed star, with emanating rays between each of the ten star points, each disk backed by a circular piece of red felt along with incorporating a screwpost and secured in place on the underside by a brass washer, the sides and underside in red felt, with a red felt strap with button hole for uniform attachment, measuring 47 mm in width x 119 mm in length each.
3. Belt: the upper with a 40 mm wide band in a fine gold-coloured bullion wire, illustrating a repeating pattern of laurel leaves and berries, the band stitched in place to the belt which is fabricated from navy blue vinyl, with matching adjustable dual sliders. One of the sliders is designed with a bronze gilt loop that houses a chain with hook, along with a dagger hanger strap incorporating the same repeating pattern of laurel leaves and berries on both sides, connected to the loop via a rivet to a black leather strap at the end, while the other end has an elongated buckle bearing lions heads at either end and incorporates a black leather strap with a bronze gilt spring-loaded clip to support a dagger. The left end of the belt incorporates a belt buckle with a two-piece construction in bronze gilt, bearing the Venezuelan coat-of-arms in the centre, framed within an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves and berries, the arms secured in place by a screwback, the buckle measuring 47.5 mm in diameter and linked with a loop on the end of the belt via a clip on the reverse of the buckle. The right end of the belt has a loop that houses a tab to receive the other clip on the reverse of the buckle, the belt adjustable for fit at the waistline. The underside has a piece of masking tape affixed that is inscribed "ALCALDE ALVAREZ" in handwritten black ink, the belt measuring 50 mm in width x approximately 900 mm in length overall, including the part folded over to the reverse.
4. Baton: shaft wrapped in black-finished leather and stitched together along the vertical seam, silver gilt cap and tip, the cap bearing the coat-of-arms of Venezuela on the obverse and the Venezuelan Army insignia on the reverse, name engraved "H. Alcalde Alvarez" on the cap above the seam of the shaft, the cap finished with a circular disk bearing a sun face backed by a five-pointed star, itself backed by another five-pointed star, with emanating rays between each of the ten star points and framed within a border of twisted rope, the tip stamped "RETZIGNAC" and "PLAT" below the seam of the shaft, the edge bordering the leather wrap on both the cap and tip trimmed in a band of laurel leaves, measuring 30.5 mm in diameter at the cap end x 10.5 mm in diameter at the tip end x 460 mm in length.
Better than very fine.