"3d Dutch Hussars Headgear in Spain" Topic
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| jarhead | 08 Jun 2013 7:10 p.m. PST |
All the illustrations have located thus far show this unit in shako in Spain. Is there any evidence that the officers or elites wore colpacks in Spain? |
| uruk hai | 08 Jun 2013 10:28 p.m. PST |
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| Lord Raglan | 09 Jun 2013 1:48 a.m. PST |
In Digby Smith's book – Napoleon's Division in Spain, there is a coloured illustration of a trooper from the elite company 3rd Dutch Hussar wearing a fur colpack. Raglan
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| ottenfeld | 09 Jun 2013 4:31 a.m. PST |
I have a Dutch book on the uniforms of the Kingdom of Holland, which describes the uniform in detail, but makes no mention of a colpack for the elite company. It does mention that with regard to the 2nd hussars. But circumstantial, but on the whole I doubt they had colpacks. |
| Lord Raglan | 09 Jun 2013 5:45 a.m. PST |
ottenfeld Can you please provide a reference for your book? Raglan |
| ottenfeld | 09 Jun 2013 7:30 a.m. PST |
Raglan, The title is "De uniformen van het Nederlandse leger ten tijde van de Bataafse Republiek en het Koninkrijk Holland 1795 – 1810'' by F.G. de Wilde. Published by the Bataafse Leeuw in 1999. |
| Lord Raglan | 09 Jun 2013 7:58 a.m. PST |
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| jarhead | 09 Jun 2013 9:28 a.m. PST |
Thanks Raglan, I have Digby Smith's Napoleon's German Division in Spain Part I and must have looked right past the illustration – greatly appreciated. Thanks Ottenfeld, the F.G. de Wild book sounds like one I need to add to my collection. All the best,
Jarhead |
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