sbintayab Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hi,Yesterday, I went through a book called- "The Armed Forces of South Africa.". I think it is an important book for the researchers who are continuing their interest in unit history. In this book, I have found some regiments like- Natal Mounted Police, Basutoland Mounted Rifles, Natal Native Contingent etc. wore cord uniform, like Baker's Horse wore yellow/ brown cord uniform. It will highly appreciated, if anyone help me to give details of cord uniform by text or image or both please.CheersShams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Shams My guess is that 'cord' is short for 'whipcord', a tough wearing fabric often used in the unifroms of mounted units in particular in the 19th century. Almost a canvas in some of its manifestations. Here's a thumbnail sketch of what it was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipcord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1314 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 We wore khaki whipcord jodphurs for equitation training and mounted duries in Rhodesia in the 50's.They were certainly hardwearing,our backsides and thighs suffered accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I know the feeling well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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