"Lützow Freikorps - red or not?" Topic
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| Nohrmann | 18 Mar 2013 4:25 a.m. PST |
I'm painting the Lützow Freikorps at the moment. But I'm in dout wether they have red stripes on their trousers or not. In Dr. S. Summerfields book (excellent book buy the way, I just bought it) he mentions red seam on the trousers, but none of the illustrations in the book show any red seams. Other sources say black trousers without red seam. None of the pictures on the internet when google show red seams.
But if you look at the pictures of reenactmentgroups they have red seam. So what to do? Best regards
Claus |
| Rudysnelson | 18 Mar 2013 4:28 a.m. PST |
I put red stripes on mine. |
| Artilleryman | 18 Mar 2013 4:30 a.m. PST |
The red seam may have been missed by observers unless really up close. Personally I think coloured stripes or seams on trousers are cool so I would paint them on. What self-respecting romantic poet/warrior/volunteer would not want such a detail? |
| TelesticWarrior | 18 Mar 2013 5:53 a.m. PST |
Like the "Go faster stripes" teenagers put on their cars? |
| summerfield | 18 Mar 2013 6:05 a.m. PST |
Dear Claus
It depends upon the type of trousers whether it had a red stripe. I will look back at what I wrote.
Stephen |
| Lord Raglan | 18 Mar 2013 6:14 a.m. PST |
Given these volunteers often had to dress themselves, I doubt uniformity. Raglan |
14Bore  | 18 Mar 2013 12:26 p.m. PST |
Uniform plates show them, go for it, I did. |
| Tarty2Ts | 18 Mar 2013 8:25 p.m. PST |
I put red stripes on mine, I even gave them flags (of which I'm not sure they had any of )…..but hey a bit of artistic license for these guys, I'm sure they wouldn't have mined that. |
| Nohrmann | 19 Mar 2013 4:44 a.m. PST |
Thank you all. I'll go for the red stripes. Regards
Claus |
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