Harry Payne’s eye for detail is very much on show with this postcard. The corporal wears medals for the war in South Africa, and he holds a Lee Enfield .303 rifle. NCOs below the rank of sergeant had white rank stripes, on the right arm only. His white leather waist-belt has no pouches attached. The scarlet doublet has blue facings with white metal collar badges. His kilt, in regimental tartan, has a goat hair sporran with a St Andrews badge on the black cantle. The ostrich feather bonnet is worn leaning to the right, and is secured with a black leather chinstrap.
The regimental piper’s uniform had been distinguished by a green doublet since the early 19th century. And the figures behind show the back of a drummer’s uniform and a bandsman. The drummer’s fly plaid hangs from the back of his left shoulder and can be seen tucked up to his waist.
