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1st Bengal Lancers
(Skinner's Horse)
Because of 19th photography,
this photo is misleading; the dark colour of the daffadar's
kurta is in fact yellow. The collar and cuffs are black
with gold lace. There is a thin red edge to the cuff and
just below the collar. Down the front, the brass buttons
are on a black strip with thin gold braid and red piping
on the edge. The sash round his waist is red and the Sam
Browne belt is brown leather fastened with a brass plate
decorated with a white metal 1 over a BC monogram. The silver
shoulder chains have a brass badge in the middle and his
chevrons are gold on red cloth. His turban is mostly red
with gold and black stripes. Breeches are white and boots
black.
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