Sam Browne Belt
Sometime after this incident he began to wear the accoutrement which bears his name, as compensation for the difficulty his disability caused with wearing his officer's sword. Later the wearing of the Sam Browne belt would be adopted by other officers who knew Browne in India, but it was not to come into common use in the British Army until after his retirement.
Browne's original belt is now on public display in the Indian Army Memorial Room of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
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