The royal arms in the centre of the banner replaced the regimental badge used in the previous banners carried in the 1880s. The whole design is embroidered onto dark blue velvet, with red velvet battle honours placed on a gold embroidered laurel spray. BEAUMONT and WARBURG were added some time after 1909 when they were awarded retrospectively. The two lower scrolls on the right may not be accurate. They show SOUTH AFRICA and 1879.1901-2 which is an odd way to display the two South African honours. This illustration cannot be relied upon for accuracy. One obvious mistake is the crown on the royal arms which should be Victorian but is depicted as the King’s crown.
In his article on the KDG drumhorses published in the Bulletin of the Military Historical Research no.51 (Feb 1963), R G Harris wrote, ‘A photograph of the band taken in Amballa in 1911 (Band in India 1911) shows that further adjustments had been made to the banners. Although there were no new honours added, the words SOUTH AFRICA had been separated, SOUTH appearing on a separate scroll left and right, and AFRICA 1879 and AFRICA 1901-2 also on separate scrolls left and right, making now a total of seven scrolls on either side of the Royal Arms. Strangely enough the arrangement of honours were not identical on each banner.’
