Highly unusual to say the least is this image of a young woman dress for the camera in the uniform of the 17th Lancers. Although the uniform has been carefully fitted to her, it is obviously too large for her and must have belonged to her spouse or possibly her brother. The tunic seems to bear the ribbons for the Queen's South Africa Medal and the King's South Africa Medal which would place its taking sometime after 1902 and presumably safe return from the Anglo-Boer War.

 

Found with this photograph was a small locket-sized image of a young man of the 17th Lancers. On the reverse of the round hand-colored photograph is the pencil inscription: Reproduced in 1905 from photo taken at Aldershot 1900 A.L.C.

Cabinet Photograph
J. Austin & Co. - Photographer
176 Green Lane, Small Heath, Birmingham, England
Post-1902

Unmounted Round Copy Photograph
1 1/4 Inches in Diameter (approx. 3 cm)
Unknown Photographer
Unknown Location - Original Taken at Aldershot
1900/1905