Trumpeter c1870

The change from the shako to the busby in 1856 meant that the trumpeters and band were faced with the loss of the the pale blue distinctive head-dress but the new busby had a blue bag instead of red as worn by the others. It was a cobalt blue, darker than the blue shakos. His pelisse was the same shade of blue. This trumpeter, from a Norie painting appears not to be wearing a pouch belt and this agrees with the trumpeter in another Norie painting where the trumpeter is in pill-box cap. The busby in this picture shows a silver rose badge in the middle. He rides a grey horse which was a usual distinction of trumpeters in cavalry regiments.