23rd Pioneers


NCOs and Sepoys in Afghanistan, 1880


These men display a variety of equipment. The two on the right have a leather strap across their chest while others have cross straps. The havildar on the left and two others sitting on the right have canvas straps for haversack and waterbottle. They are armed with Snider rifles.


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