"Plume, a white hackle feather, nine inches long."
At page 42 of the Officers' Dress Regulations, dated 1894, is:
"Cap for 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) black bearskin, 10 inches high; with a gilt thistle in front; and a gilt grenade on the left side, as a plume socket, bearing the badge of St. Andrew, with the Royal arms above, and the word 'Waterloo' below. Plain gilt burnished chain, lined with black leather.
"Plume—white hackle feather, 9 inches long."
An Officer in Levée Dress, Crimean Period.
[CHAPTER VIII.]
The following, copied from the original Roll still existing in Edinburgh, was very kindly given to me by the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore:—