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| The badge of the flaming bomb was worn by many infantry regiments, but in the cavalry was confined to the Scots Greys. It symbolised the origin of the regiment as mounted grenadiers, a fact that also explained the wearing of bearskin caps with a white plume, instead of a helmet. This detail of an officer's coatee in the regimental museum shows the large gold embroidered bomb badge with a dark blue backing cloth sewn onto the gold laced collar. It was worn by officers from c1830 until the change to a tunic in 1855. The collar of the officer's tunic after 1855 retained the bomb badge but it was made of silver embroidery, and much smaller. |
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