In 1856 the uniform was changed to a simpler style of braiding and only one row of buttons down the front. These were gilt ball buttons that had a crown over three guns. The button design changed in 1873 to a crown over one gun. This initial pattern of jacket has wide spaces between the gold cords, and a plain collar edged with cord, having no badge at this stage. The 1864 Dress Regulations describe a similar plain collar. The cuffs on the jacket worn by Major Dames in this Crimea photo portrait are for a field officer. The pattern was retained for the rest of the century. Subalterns had a gold cord Austrian knot and captains the same but embellished with circlets of braid. The major has a dress pouch-belt with gold lace on Morocco leather. This appears to be a new accoutrement although the officer in the Heath print of 1820 has such a belt. The large busby has a loosely hanging red bag and an abundance of gold cap-lines. The 1864 DR required the cap-lines to be wound around the busby diagonally three times then round the neck, and be looped up on the left breast, ‘eight feet six inches long on the double’.
