- Title:
- Indian Army officer's frock coat, 1860 (c)
- Object name(s):
- frock coat, officer
- Brief description:
- Indian Army officer's frock coat, 1860 (c). From the 1840s soldiers in India began wearing khaki uniform as camouflage. This was not standard issue. The soldiers stained their white summer uniforms with dust, coffee, tea, curry powder and other dyes. Others had khaki uniforms specially made at their own expense. This example would have been privately purchased, probably by a cavalry officer. It is a scarce and early example of a coat made from drab melton cloth.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Global Role gallery
- Object name:
- frock coat, officer
- Object number:
- NAM. 2003-09-50-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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