Want to identify cuff uniform is very difficult

Collection of hot cuffs

Style and the style of cufflinks the production process always reflect the characteristics of that era. Almost everything will appear in the cufflinks, the flora and fauna, architecture, and famous people in all times and events. Political campaign, opera star, myths and legends very representative, and always a favorite of collectors. In such a collection of America's most sought after, to belong to George Washington's inauguration dress mens cufflinks, they are now part of the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

The 19th century, clothing manufacturers are no longer adhere to the traditional tuxedo and ritual clothing, and began to cuff applied to the more casual clothing, while the invention of new synthetic materials greatly reduce the cost of production, which have allowed the price of cufflinks down to the general level of the middle class can afford, cuff links and thus entered the era of the civilian population. However, the prosperity of the civilian business is not able to beat Tiffany and Cartier, as the traditional high-end jewelry manufacturers, so we can see the complete set of cufflinks and cuff links.

The other type is the collection of cufflinks cufflinks uniforms. Wars used the military uniform is a very popular collection of cufflinks. But in addition, police, firefighters, airline and government employees, and so has its own special uniforms and special insignia on the uniforms, including cuff links.

Traditional sense of the "uniform cuff" is a kind of crest, most of the noble family of the attendants to wear, representing the family they serve, they are from the knight's helmet to wear badges to distinguish the enemy.

"Uniform cuff" was originally used in medieval aristocratic hangers army uniforms. These private armies in England and Henry VIII, Henry VII was banned during the administration. Although there is no private armies, but their badge has survived. Family of the owner, although the attendants do not wear uniforms, but usually have to use the uniform of cufflinks on behalf of the family. Ladies, you can use with their father and husband, cufflinks different uniforms. In addition, wear uniforms cufflinks not only civilians, but also the nobility, such as services for the royal nobles would use the Queen's uniform cufflinks.

Want to identify cuff uniform is very difficult, sometimes impossible, ancient and strict heraldic require them to be in color and pattern quite accurate, but at the same time, they will integrate different because of marriage and family elements. Other times, uniform cuff contained in the religious factors may go beyond the family factors, and to the collectors greater distress, but it is also an interesting taste of things.