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| This portrait illustrates the smartness of officer’s khaki service dress for the war in Northern Europe in WW1. The Sam Browne belt was generally adopted by the army, and the cavalry gave up the now redundant pouch-belt. This officer has a whistle attached to the shoulder strap. The tunic is buttoned with ball-shaped gilt buttons which was a last vestige of hussar dress. His cap badge is bronzed to make it less visible to enemy snipers. The man in the photo is Lieutenant Mitford who was killed in 1915, aged 38. |
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