"More Franco-Prussian French artillery uniform questions" Topic
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| jcooley | 28 Jan 2014 1:36 p.m. PST |
Does anyone know if the French field foot artillery crews wore their blanket rolls over the left or right shoulders? I have seen paintings that show it both ways, but I know their must have been a regulation for this. Also, sometimes they are depicted without blanket rolls. I notice their rifles always seem to be slung over their left shoulder and De Neuville shows the blanket roll over that shoulder as do the Wargames Foundry figures. Anyone have answers on this? About half the paintings I see have it over the right shoulder while the other half have it over the left shoulder. Kind regards,
Jon Cooley |
| Rhysius Cambrensis | 28 Jan 2014 2:05 p.m. PST |
Hi Jon, I am into my FPW but have not heard of the French foot artillery wearing blanket rolls in action. I have several uniform sources for the FPW and this hasn't come up. They would have been unlikely to wear blanket rolls as the French artillery doctrine saw them in long range support and their baggage would be left with their train. Rhys |
| Perris0707 | 28 Jan 2014 9:00 p.m. PST |
They are shown wearing some type of "roll" across the shoulder in all the period paintings, Ne Neuville, Detaille, etc. It may be a blanket or rolled up great coat. |
| Rhysius Cambrensis | 29 Jan 2014 5:46 a.m. PST |
Oh well it must be true then if a couple of romantic artists who never got anywhere near the front painted it! Jesus guys, come on! Try checking an actual text boom or uniformology! I have collected many credible texts for the FPW and French foot artillery do not wear blanket rolls of any kind! Rhys |
| jcooley | 29 Jan 2014 3:55 p.m. PST |
Would it have been a rolled up greatcoat? I read in a campaign booklet that at least the mounted members of the field artillery and the horse artillery crews were issued "whitish-blue" greatcoats. Also, what is a "text boom"? And is uniformology the site that has banks of images for sale? Does anyone know or have pictures on they are shown in the Musee de Armee in Paris? I know they have mannequins in uniform. Kind regards,
Jon |
| Perris0707 | 30 Jan 2014 10:10 p.m. PST |
Do you know who Detaille and De Neuville were??? De Neuville fought in the Franco Prussian War, so I would say his paintings and sketches are historically accurate. Detaille is also known for his attention to historical detail. |
| Fanch du Leon | 01 Feb 2014 4:12 p.m. PST |
De Neuville was a Chasseur junior officer in 1870. Detaille was an official Army painter (peintre officiel de l'Armée), whose obsession for details accuracy was, and still is, famous. |
| mashrewba | 01 Feb 2014 4:43 p.m. PST |
At which point the case for the prosecution collapsed :) |
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