Bonaparte on the Pont d'Arcole, a 1796 portrait of Napoleon by Antoine-Jean Gros depicting him wearing a sash In the mid-and late-16th century waist and shoulder sashes arrived up as being a mark of (high) military services rank or to point out individual affection to the political occasion or country. https://cashbinps.blogdal.com/36276376/a-simple-key-for-sash-windows-unveiled