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1st Bengal Lancers
- British Officers, c1862
Three officers wear a
form of undress uniform worn on campaign. The jacket is
quilted and probably yellow. The two on the right have a
black leather pouchbelt with silver chains and pickers while
the similarly dressed officer on the left has a gold full
dress pouchbelt. The two right-hand officers carry watches
on chains, one tucked into a breast pocket and the other
into his kummerbund. The kummerbunds differ in that the
right hand man has a longer more ornate version that the
other two. They all three have a white helmet with gilt
spike and coloured pagri, and white breeches and black Napoleon
boots. The swords differ from officer to officer. The one
on the left has a straight sword, the one leaning on the
horse has a curved mameluke and the one on the right has
a less curved sword without a guard. The right-hand man
has a very low slung undress sabretache with a badge in
the middle while the next man has his slung higher and no
badge. The left-hand officer has no sabretache atall. The
fourth officer wears mess dress. We know from the later
type of mess dress that the jacket was yellow with black
velvet collar and cuffs, laced in gold but we cannot say
that this man is wearing such a jacket. The waistcoat and
trousers are black with gold lace. It is not clear whether
the groom on the extreme left wears uniform or not. |
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