There is little doubt that this man is a grenadier as shown by the small bomb badge on his shoulder belt, and the embroidered bomb badges on his shoulders. The shoulder-belt plate has a plain number 9 which raises the question; why not the figure of Britannia? Actually the date of this miniature is in question as well as the rank of the man. But if he really is a soldier of the 9th East Norfolks then it is necessary to study what we can see of his uniform.
The scarlet jacket is buttoned down the front, single-breasted. There is no lace across the front as worn by the rank-and-file, and sergeants, and it is not double-breasted like the jackets worn by officers. The collar is high and open at the front. The 9th had yellow facings, although we cannot be sure if that is the case here. He has a silver lace button-hole and button on the collar. The items of greatest interest are the shoulder wings. Officers had gold wings but these are made up of cloth material. They are fringed with white and the wing itself appears to be a crescent of the lace pattern worn by the rank-and-file; white with two thin black lines. The poor reproduction is taken from a Wallis & Wallis vintage catalogue which simply said that this is a portrait of a CSM of the 9th Regiment.
