"Highlanders1914 - Black or Brown Boots?" Topic
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| projectmayhem | 15 Jan 2013 4:04 a.m. PST |
I understand that British troops were issued with brown boots for campaign use and black for parade. Is this true of highlanders as well? I'm painting some Gordons for August 1914 at Le Cateau. |
| Martin Rapier | 15 Jan 2013 6:57 a.m. PST |
Correspondance on theis vexed question here: link In particular note item 7 wrt kilted trops. If they are in kilts in 1914 it looks like they will be in black 'Highland Shoes'. |
| projectmayhem | 15 Jan 2013 8:47 a.m. PST |
Excellent link, answers my question, many thanks. I thought black boots, correction shoes, looked right for highlanders. |
| Martin Rapier | 16 Jan 2013 3:36 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure I'd like to go to war wearing 'shoes', perhaps they were more sturdy than their name implies. |
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