The reconstructed uniform of Alexander I of the early 19th century consists of a uniform, wool breeches, a tie, a hat, an officer’s waist sash, a sword-belt, a model of a sword, a decoration ribbon, and a shoulder cord.

There are several descriptions of the Sovereign’s uniform in historical memoirs. Lieutenant General Denis Davydov, a poet and memoirist, recalled that “the Tsar wore a Preobrazhensky uniform of that time. Each side of its collar had two small gold buttonholes embroidered on it, with almost the same pattern as that on the collars of the Preobrazhensky uniform now, but incomparably smaller. The shoulder cord hung on the right shoulder; epaulettes were not worn at that time. The buckskin breeches were white, and the boots were short. His hair only differed from that of the present time, that it was covered with powder. The hat was high, with white plumes on the brim, and a black plume fluttered at its crest. White buckskin gloves, sword on his hip, a sash around his waist and a St. Andrew’s ribbon over his shoulder. This is how Alexander was dressed.”

On September 15, 1801, the coronation of Alexander I took place in the Moscow Kremlin, at which the emperor, following his father’s suit, was dressed in the uniform of a general of the Preobrazhensky Lifeguard Regiment. At the end of the celebrations, it was given to the Armory Chamber for storage. The dark-green cloth uniform goes with a short vest of white woolen and linen cloth, fastened with nine brass buttons, and officer’s boots of black patent leather on a low staked heel with spur straps. A hat of black felt with huge brims raised and reinforced on a metal frame complements the outfit. The uniform of Alexander I made of dark-green cloth on red woolen lining has a tail-coat cut. The long coat tails with edgings of red cloth have slit pockets on the back side and shaped flaps on the front side. Very narrow sleeve cuffs and a high stand-up collar of the uniform are made of red cloth and decorated with gold embroidery in the form of figure-of-eight, formed by interlacing oak and laurel branches. On the right shoulder of the uniform there is a shoulder strap, woven of gold cord, which changes into a shoulder cord with metal tips. The inscription in ink inside the left sleeve of the uniform reads: “Sewn by Alexander Golitsyn, September 1801.”