Sikh Officer c1890


The officer is wearing a green kurta with red facings and gold lace. There are twisted gold shoulder cords. The gold lace pouchbelt has the loosely fitted flask cord attached, and the pouch is worn quite low so that it appears under his right arm. The red cummerbund has the Kashmir pattern on the loose end. His sword has a normal pattern hilt with gold and red cord.


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