Subadar Major Bahadur Ghulam Muhammad Khan, 72nd Punjabis, 1911

Reproduction photograph by Langfier Limited, 1911.

The subject wears the Order of British India suspended from his neck, which was awarded for 'long, faithful and honourable service' by Viceroy Commissioned Officers of the Indian Army. Khan also wears a pugri with badge in the form of a peacock. The shoulder belt also bears a peacock badge along with a whistle, chain and boss.

The peacock insignia of the regiment was adopted after the unit served in Burma as part of the military police force deployed after the annexation of the territory in 1886.

From a photograph album of 284 portrait photographs of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Contingent, who attended the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, 1911.

The Coronation of King George V and his wife Queen Mary took place on 22 June 1911 at Westminster Abbey. This was followed by the Delhi Coronation Durbar on 12 December 1911, which was attended by around 100,000 people.