Uniform
The pattern of dress within the British Army is dependent both on the regiment and the date. For example, the portrait of the Lance Sergeant above has elements distinctive of the Coldstream Guards, such as the cuff design the buttons down the tunic front clearly showing the two button spacing pattern that is a regimental distinction of the Coldstream Guards. The distinctions of the Pioneer Sergeant unfirom consist of the badge of rank worn on the right arm consisting of three white chevrons, with crossed axes, and a small rose badge above. In the case of a Lance Sergeant, strips were white instead of gold as would be worn by a sergeant. A sergeant would also have worn a sash.
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Famous quotes containing the word uniform:
“The maples
Stood uniform in buckets, and the steam
Of sap and snow rolled off the sugarhouse.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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The great grey rigid uniform combined
Safety with virtue of the sun.
Thus concepts linked like chainmail in the mind.”
—Thom Gunn (b. 1929)
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—Phil Patton (b. 1953)