"Prussian 1806 No.2 Beeren Curassiers jacket colour" Topic
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| Goldstar | 15 May 2008 3:30 a.m. PST |
Various sources quote this as being yellow but pictures I have seen seem overwhelmingly orange/ochre. Can anyone please shed light on this? |
| GeorgethePug | 15 May 2008 5:51 a.m. PST |
I painted mine yellow because it looks better then the Orange/ochre in the H&C books |
| GeorgethePug | 15 May 2008 5:52 a.m. PST |
If u give me your email ……… I can send ya pictures as I think they look rather fine myself ; ) |
photocrinch  | 15 May 2008 6:24 a.m. PST |
I'm doing a unit of these soon myself, and have seen the orangish pictures you're refering too. If memory serves, all the written descriptions make them much more yellow than orange. David |
 Der Alte Fritz | 15 May 2008 6:54 a.m. PST |
Yellow. The H&C book has the color wrong. |
| Esquire | 16 May 2008 5:37 a.m. PST |
I have an 1806 Prussian army (in 28mm) and faced the same question. I painted that unit orange only later to believe that I had erred. I then saw the H&C books -- at that point glad that I did not take the time and effort to repaint the unit. Now, like Goldstar, I am uncertain. I do have a supicion that I have neither the time nor energy nor resources to confirm -- but perhaps someone can confirm or deny. I know that the Swiss red faded to yellow. So, red or yellow seems OK for Swiss. Is it possible (and I do not know either the history or chemistry of the dyes) that this is an issue of an original color and then a faded one? Just a thought. |
| von Winterfeldt | 16 May 2008 7:58 a.m. PST |
contemporary prints show yellow – none shows orange |
| Goldstar | 16 May 2008 3:32 p.m. PST |
What about yellow and orange stripes? Or half the regiment in yellow and the other half in orange? |
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