Fringe sample, drummer, 96th Regiment of Foot, sealed pattern, 1860

Twisted worsted of red, white and blue.

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.

Raised in Menorca, from German speaking prisoners of war of Swiss regiments in Spanish service, as the 96th Regiment of Foot in 1798, it was renamed The Queen's Own German Regiment in 1802 and as the 97th (Queen's Own Germans) Regiment of Foot in 1805. It was renumbered as the 96th again in 1816. Under the Childers Reforms of 1881, it amalgamated with the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot to form the Manchester Regiment. In 1958 it amalgamated with the King's Regiment (Liverpool) to form the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool), which in 2006 was amalgamated with two other regiments to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).