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Photograph of a bearded British Army soldier, 1890. By the second half of the 19th century, beards were largely allowed in the British military. The Royal Navy has always allowed beards, and since the 1850s has permitted its members to wear only a "full set" (i.e. a full beard and moustache). [22]
A moustache (UK: / m ə ˈ s t ɑː ʃ /; mustache, US: / ˈ m ʌ s t æ ʃ /) [1] is a growth of facial hair grown above the upper lip and under the nose. Moustaches have been worn in various styles throughout history. [2] Count Gaishi Nagaoka, Japanese officer and Vice Chief of the General Staff in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War.
The toothbrush originally became popular in the late 19th century, in the United States. [1] It was a neat, uniform, low-maintenance moustache that echoed the standardization and uniformity brought on by industrialization, in contrast to the more flamboyant styles typical of the 19th century such as the imperial, walrus, handlebar, horseshoe, and pencil moustaches.
Colonel Blimp is a British cartoon character by cartoonist David Low, first drawn for Lord Beaverbrook's London Evening Standard in April 1934. [1] Blimp is pompous, irascible, jingoistic , and stereotypically British, identifiable by his walrus moustache and the interjection "Gad, Sir!"
Out of respect to their religion, Sikhs are allowed to grow beards in the Indian army. Admiral D. K. Joshi of the Indian Navy with designer stubble.. In the Armed, Paramilitary and Law enforcement forces of India, male Sikh servicemen are allowed to grow full beards as their religion expressly requires followers to do so.
Old Bill was depicted as an elderly, pipe-smoking British "tommy" with a walrus moustache. The character achieved a great deal of popularity during World War I where it was considered a major morale booster for the British troops. Old Bill and his younger troopmate little Alphie were private infantrymen in the British Expeditionary Force.
After the Crimean War (30 January 1855), the War Office ordered different rank badges for British general, staff officers and regimental officers. It was the first complete set of rank badges to be used by the British Army. Field Marshal: Two rows of one inch wide oak-leaf designed lace on the collar with crossed baton above the wreath in silver.
The moustache cup (or mustache cup) is a drinking cup with a semicircular ledge inside. The ledge, called a moustache guard, has a half moon-shaped opening to allow the passage of liquids and serves as a guard to keep moustaches dry. It is generally acknowledged to have been invented in the 1870s by British potter Harvey Adams (1835–?). [1] [2]