Cameron of erracht military kilt

[OC Richard]

Well is sure doesn't look like a kilt of the Cameron Highlanders of Scotland, anyhow. About overseas/dominions regiments, there were so many of those, who knows?

The tartan is very interesting, because the sett looks like Erracht, but the bands between the blue and the green, which are supposed to be black, look like a pale brown or rust. Is this simply fading? Are those rust-brown bands black on the inside? It's interesting how changing just one colour in a tartan can give it a very different overall look.

Yes a Scottish military Cameron Highlanders kilt will be boxpleated and have grass-green binding around the top, and in addition should have the military two-prong buckles.

As far as I know, the kilts of The Cameron Highlanders (79th Foot) have always been boxpleated. There's a painting of members of the 79th Foot in 1852 which clearly shows the box pleats, and this has been retained up to the present day, by the Pipes & Drums of the 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland. Every WWI and WWII Cameron Highlanders kilt I've ever seen was boxpleated.

OK here are some photos, first, two closeups of the box pleats on Cameron Highlanders kilts





I don't have a full back view photo of a Cameron Highlanders kilt, but here's an Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders kilt showing the pleating style, binding, and buckles which would be expected on a Cameron Highlanders kilt



And about fading, here's a horribly faded kilt where you can clearly see how the black bands between the blue and green areas have faded to rust, precisely as on your kilt