King's Dragoon Guards


Officer in the Zulu War, 1879


By this time the heavy cavalry made a concession to the hot climate and wore the foreign service cork helmet. The tunic is similar to the one worn in the Indian Mutiny except for the Austrian knot sleeve decoration.


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