The Colour Party of the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 1908 (c)

Watercolour by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919), 1908 (c).

Five Jat Sikhs escort the Regimental and King's Colours. The two colours were collectively called a stand. In British and Indian infantry units the King's Colour was usually a union flag trimmed with gold fabric, and with the regiment's insignia placed in the centre. The Regimental Colour was a flag of a single colour, usually the colour of the uniform facings (collar, lapels and cuffs) of the regiment, again often trimmed and with the insignia in the centre.

This is the original artwork for an illustration in Major G F MacMunn's 'Armies of India', published in 1911.