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Duke of York’s Feb 1937.

13 Feb 1937, London, England, UK — The Drum Major, wearing the London Irish Rifles full dress uniform, inspects the pipers, who are wearing the Coronation Caubeen, at the Duke of York’s School, in Chelsea, London, England, UK. The London Irish Rifles have now adopted the Caubeen as the official headdress of the Company, and members of the regiment wore them for the first time in public on February 13, 1937. — Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS