Feather bonnet : Victorian Scottish Regiment

Black ostrich feather bonnet mounted on a wire frame covered with black cotton. The bonnet has five black feather tails on the left side and a white vulture feather plume on the right side secured by a whitemetal badge of the Victorian Scottish Regiment mounted on a black silk cockade. The bonnet band is of black, red and white diced wool bound around the lower edge with black velvet. There is a black silk ribbon flash at the centre back of the band. The bonnet has a leather sweat band with two bands of black cotton above it that can be adjusted by drawstrings to improve the fit on the wearer's head.

Worn by a member of the Victorian Scottish Regiment c 1901-1912.