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11th Bengal Lancers
'Probyn's Horse' - British Officer in Indian Full Dress,
c1890
Officers sometimes had
to deal with Indian princes who judged a man on the opulence
of his dress. The 11th was the most flamboyant of all the
cavalry regiments in it's use of gold embroidery (see Indian
Full Dress). This uniform was inspired by the full dress
uniform adopted by Probyn in the early 1860s (see Probyn
in Full Dress). British officers wore this style from the
late 1880s although the Indian officers had a plainer style
until c1905 when they were permitted to wear the same as
British officers.
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