"Knyphausen Fusilier Cap AWI" Topic
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| Jagger2008 | 09 Nov 2009 7:46 p.m. PST |
I am in the process of finishing off Stirn's composite Hessian brigade by painting the composite regiment. At the moment, I am working on the Kynphausen portions of the regiment and was trying to determine how to paint the fusiler cap. First I found this drawing of the Lossberg fusilier regiment. According to the caption, the Knyphausen regiment was identical except for the black facing and cuffs. So the cap appeared to have a brass fronting but I couldn't tell about the back. link So I kept looking. Then I found another drawing here: link This is a period drawing of the Kynphausen regiment. This drawing shows the fusilier cap with a black front with a buff back. However I was wondering about the accuracy because I hadn't seen a cap with a black facing-usually brass. However it was a period drawing. But then I found this photo: link Problem solved. A photo of a Kynphausen cap captured at Trenton. Isn't it a pleasure when you can just reference a photo instead of a drawing? |
| 95thRegt | 09 Nov 2009 9:20 p.m. PST |
Problem solved. A photo of a Kynphausen cap captured at Trenton. Isn't it a pleasure when you can just reference a photo instead of a drawing?
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You should pick up Troiani's excellent book "Soldiers of the American Revolution. By FAR, THE best book on the subject of AWI uniforms. Bob |
| Supercilius Maximus | 10 Nov 2009 2:47 a.m. PST |
Interesting that the items you have linked to suggest that Knyphausen had black facings and orange backing to their caps, whilst Lossberg had orange facings and black backing to their caps. I wonder if it is possible that some confusion over the cap colours has arisen over the years? |
| Jagger2008 | 10 Nov 2009 8:26 a.m. PST |
I wonder if it is possible that some confusion over the cap colours has arisen over the years? It looks like it. I wonder if there are a set of clothing warrants for the Hessian states out there somewhere. You should pick up Troiani's excellent book "Soldiers of the American Revolution. By FAR, THE best book on the subject of AWI uniforms. I will keep my eyes open for a copy but it is amazing what is on the internet. And the people and threads on TMP are a wonderful resource as well. Between the library, various sites and TMP, I haven't had to buy anything on the AWI. |
| 95thRegt | 10 Nov 2009 2:29 p.m. PST |
I will keep my eyes open for a copy but it is amazing what is on the internet. And the people and threads on TMP are a wonderful resource as well. Between the library, various sites and TMP, I haven't had to buy anything on the AWI.
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Also check out Troianis site where he posts new images,some not in his books: link Bob |
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