OTHER RANKS UNIFORM POST 1881 – HEADDRESS & TUNICS
The style of other ranks busbies closely followed that of officers and the 1858 pattern busby was replaced with the shorter version in 1888.
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The style of other ranks busbies closely followed that of officers and the 1858 pattern busby was replaced with the shorter version in 1888.
By 1881 the British hussar tunic was approaching its final form. Inspired by the German and Austrian Attila, the garment introduced in 1856 was long skirted and bore six loops of frogging across the front (Light dragoons had the same tunic but with five loops).