Editing Sam Browne (section)

== Sam Browne belt ==

{{Main|Sam Browne belt}}
[[File:Sam Browne Vanity Fair 1887-02-05.jpg|thumb|"Sir Sam"; caricature by [[Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist)|"Ape"]], published in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']], 5 February 1887]]
Sometime after this incident he began to wear the accoutrement which now bears his name, as compensation for the difficulty his disability caused with wearing his officer's sword. A [[Sam Browne belt]] is a wide belt, usually leather, supported by a narrower strap passing diagonally over the right shoulder; the diagonal strap stabilizes the scabbard of a sword if worn. Later such a belt would be adopted by other officers who knew Browne in India, but it was not to become used commonly by the [[British Army]] until after his retirement.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://leatherpedia.org/Sam%20Browne%20belt |website=The Leather Encyclopedia| title=Sam Browne Belt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318162523/http://leatherpedia.org/Sam%20Browne%20belt|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=18 March 2011}}</ref> Browne's original "Sam Browne" belt is possessed presently by the National Army Museum in Chelsea.