8th Gurkhas


Officers, 1870


Four of the seated British officers belong to the 44th, the two in peaked caps do not. They wear theoir whistle chains tucked behind the pouchbelt.. The native officers wear the collarless tunic with rank badge on the right shoulder (see Gurkha Officer 1880 ).


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