Historical Hussar Uniforms

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Finding a back view of the jacket proved difficult - even in the videos he doesn't stay turned around long enough to see detail. To compensate I expanded my search to include historical hussar uniforms. A trip to the local community college library, plus Googling for "hussar jacket", "hussar pelisse" and similar have revealed the following:

6 The braiding pattern on Adam's jacket most closely resembles that of this British 11th hussar's dolman from 1854. Given that the jacket is from a movie that takes place during the Crimean War, the time frame is right, at least.
For additional detail, I include this picture of a beautiful late 19th century Austrian. Hussar uniforms came in a variety of colors and braid patterns. 7
Adam's sleeve detail 8 Crimean veteran's sleeve detail 9 The costume designer for "Charge of the Light Brigade" took some liberties with design. Compare the sleeve decoration on Adam's jacket (left) with that of the uniform of a Crimean veteran (right). Given the variety of hussar trim patterns, I'm left with a lot of options!

Because the back of Adam's jacket isn't visible, I'm probably going to make up my own design based on the options below and others:

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