Skinner’s Horse, 3rd Bengal Cavalry. officer’s 15mm gilt

The officer’s 15mm button of the pattern used between 1901 and 1921 by the 3rd Bengal Cavalry shows the regimental number on crossed lances with the title SKINNER’S HORSE on a scroll, all beneath a king’s crown. The button has a flat front and is almost certainly one used on one of the officer’s mess dress waistcoats. It has the backmark ARMFIELD B’HAM. The gilt is rather worn. One of the most famous of Indian cavalry regiments, named after its Anglo-Indian founder James Skinner, the 3rd wore a most distinctive uniform of bright yellow earning it the nickname of the Yellow Boys. may9/2