Lace and fringe sample, drummer, 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers), sealed pattern, 1860

White worsted lace 5/8 inches in width, bearing a red and black chevron design. 1.75 inch long fringe of twisted worsted of white, black and red.

A 'sealed pattern' is a prototype of any item that the British Army issued to soldiers. It provided clothing or equipment suppliers with an example to copy.

The regiment was raised in 1793 as the 80th Regiment of Foot for service in the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1802 it was merged with the Staffordshire Volunteers to form the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers). Under the Army's Childers Reforms of 1881, it amalgamated with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, forming the South Staffordshire Regiment. Another amalgamation with the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) led to the creation of the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's). In 2007 this was amalgamated again to form the Mercian Regiment.