The Buffs VB are one of the few (possibly the only one I have seen) Volunteer units to have adopted the Brodrick. The remainder retained the FSC or slouch hat. I would have expected the Buffs VB to have worn their collar as a FSC badge prior to the adoption of the full sized cap badge and the Brodrick.
I would agree that the bandmaster may have been wearing a East Kent badge.
Alan
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