The occasions when full dress was worn in India
were few and far between. The more usual form
of dress was that shown here, called undress.
The jacket is, again, waist length and tight fitting
but has no tail at the back. Instead of buttons
it fastens down the front with hooks and eyes.
There is a strip of three quarter inch wide lace
all the way round the collar, down the front and
round the bottom. The collar and cuffs are in the
regimental white facing colours. The undress
overalls have red stripes instead of gold. The
sword is the 1821 pattern three bar hilt and steel
scabbard as worn in full dress, but in this case,
suspended with black leather straps from a black
belt. Also from this belt, hangs the undress plain
black leather sabretache with gilt badge (see
seperate picture).
The undress shako is plain black and waterproof
suitable for wet weather. The bridle appears to
be the same as in full dress but the shabracque
is discarded, instead, there is a black sheepskin
and a valise behind the saddle in which a rolled up
cape is kept. This is decorated with a gold edge and
the letters XIII LD.
