© Slovak Post, 2005 All employees in the service of post offices wore a uniform. Higher officers and postmasters wore especially beautiful and richly decorated "gala" liveries made of high-quality cloth. The design of the uniforms for officers and other employees of post offices is described in detail in Decree of Vienna Court Chamber, dated 1815. According to this Decree a gold-plated cord was worn with the uniform. The preserved uniform, as well as accessories, such as the prerequisite trumpet, and the models of means of transport used for postal services in the past are only several of the precious collections of the Post Museum. They provide reference to the history of post offices and post office services in Slovakia. The cord provides unique evidence of the significance of the uniform in rating the public and social status of a post officer. Štefan Kollár