21st Bombay Infantry

British and Indian Officers, 1880

Many of the Bombay regiments wore a cap like this before the turban was adopted. It is dark blue with a green band. The badge is an anchor surrounded by a wreath. The men holding the colours are havildars and their cap has a badge consisting of a number 21 with an anchor over the top. The tunics are red and the facings at this time were green. The badges of rank on the collars of the Indian officers' tunics is either a single sword for Jemadars or crossed swords for subadars. The subadar-major standing just to the right of the colours has the crossed sword badge but more gold lace on the collar.
The British officers are all hatless for some reason. They all wear blue breeches with a thin red stripe except the elderly officer seated on the right who has trousers with a wide gold stripe and no sash. His cuffs look darker than those of the other officers and I think he is the medical officer in the uniform of the RAMC.

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