The uniforms of the 10 regiments of Bengal Light Cavalry were very similar to each other but the silver braid on the collar of this jacket is distinctive, being regular swirls all around the edge of the silver lace. The braiding across the front is straight, linking up the three vertical rows of closely placed silver buttons. These buttons do not appear to have any marking on them as some regimental buttons did. This photo shows little of the elaborate silver braid on the sleeves.
The gold and crimson barrel-sash replaced the gold lace and crimson girdle at some point in the late 1830s. This was tied at the back with the red cord being brought around the body to hook up on the jacket, allowing the gold tasselled ends to hang. The pouch-belt has a distinctive pattern on the silver train lace which may be oak-leaf pattern but would need to be more closely seen. The more usual pattern for the BLC was herringbone. The shako is partially concealed by the white cocks’ feather plume. Another example has black horsehair. The Ackermann print of a mounted officer of the 7th BLC in 1845 shows a tall drooping white feather plume like this. The badge on the front is the Maltese cross type adopted after 1835.
