plaid, plaid
Accession Number

NAM.1983-06-19-13

Description

Plaid, other ranks’, Calcutta Scottish Volunteers, worn by Pte S Halstead, 1916 (c). Triangular piece of fabric similar to the Farquharson tartan. In one lower corner a rosette of green worsted tape approx. 3 inches in diameter. At upper edge four pleats. Upper edge bound with 1 inch wide green worsted tape. The tape elongates at each end to form two straps. At the end of one strap a triangular piece of self cloth, one edge bound with green tape which elongates at free end to form a strap. In the free corner a rosette of green tape approx. 2 1/2 inches in diameter.