Elliot’s Reviews > The MILITARY EXPERIENCE IN THE AGE OF REASON > Status Update

When the Austrian general Haddik descended on Berlin...he is said to have demanded...two dozen gloves for Maria Theresa. When the gift arrived in Vienna, it was discovered that the Berliners had taken their revenge by providing only left-hand gloves. This...was the origin of the custom among Austrian officers of carrying their right-hand gloves in their left hand, so as not to put themselves above their sovereign.