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Originally Posted by NewCollector
Not a very clear image but isn't that the the 1868 tunic? The 68th Light Infantry Kilmarnock rather than a Glengarry might suggest c.1870.
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Yes it’s the smart but short-lived 1868 pattern tunic, which dates the photo to between 1868 and 1871, when it was replaced by a tunic with a trefoil cuff decoration in white piping. Colour Sergeants of fusilier, light Infantry and highlanders wore their chevrons on both arms, whereas other line regiments on the right arm only. The method of attaching the whistle chain to the tunic was unique to the 68th. Facings were dark green. The coloured miniature shows the shell jacket still in use as an undress garment at that time.