forage cap, pillbox, forage cap
Accession Number
NAM.1963-06-31-4
Description
Forage cap, pillbox, Honourable East India Company, possibly 11th Bengal Cavalry, worn by Sgn John Henry Sylvester, Bombay Medical Service, 1870 (c). Scarlet with 1.5 inch band of gold lace on sides, traced with gold Russia braid. Circle of gold Russia braid on crown enclosing Russia braid figuring and gold netted button in centre.
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