"Late Prussian artillery uniform" Topic
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paulalba | 29 May 2015 6:17 a.m. PST |
Hi I was wondering if someone could clear this up for me. Were the turnbacks on the late Prussian foot artillery uniform red or black with red pipping like the collar and cuffs? Thanks for your help Paul |
bc1745 | 29 May 2015 6:56 a.m. PST |
Plain red according to Mont Saint Jean…… link |
wrgmr1 | 29 May 2015 9:40 a.m. PST |
That's how I painted mine. |
joaquin99 | 29 May 2015 10:05 a.m. PST |
There is a doubt I have about this uniform as well. Where the shoulder straps still coloured according to the provincial origin of each battery? If they were, anybody can provide a list of provincial origin of each battery in 1815? And in 1813-1814? |
Esquire | 29 May 2015 10:09 a.m. PST |
This raises -- and perhaps answers -- another interesting question. I have a number of resources for late Prussian uniforms, not the least being the Nash book from Almark. I am going to paint more artillery (since my local group is changing to General de Brigade and we need more artillery batteries on the board for those rules) so I have the figures and ready to paint. I noted in my earlier efforts I painted the belts white and that looks best (since black belts disappear on Prussian blue) but I have been struggling to find the reference that caused me to paint white. Maybe I just did it by default. But references say black belts. This site has a specific reference, if your translate, that the belts were to be black but that many engravings from the period show white. So what do you say, white belts OK? |
Esquire | 29 May 2015 10:12 a.m. PST |
joaquin99 -- the Nash book I reference goes into detail on the shoulder strap issue. I will check it tonight and try to post tonight or this weekend. As I recall there was a period (perhaps early) when the provincial color was used and then transitioned to all batteries with black straps and red piping. But as I recall, the resources support both options and just tell the group that you intend to represent that period! I think the provincial colors -- particularly Silesian yellow -- look stellar. |
Esquire | 29 May 2015 6:46 p.m. PST |
According to Nash: Artillerymen wore a dark blue Kollet. The foot gunners had theirs in the style of the infantry, with scarlet coat-tail turnbacks, black collars and cuffs, both being piped in scarlet and the latter bearing a dark blue patch. The shoulder straps were coloured differently for each Brigade: Prussian Brigade -- white Brandenburg Brigade -- scarlet Silesian -- yellow In 1814, these distinctions were discontinued and thereafter all companies had scarlet shoulder straps. So, the Mont St Jean website seems correct for the 1815 time period. Note that I did misspeak -- the shoulder straps are scarlet, NOT black piped scarlet. I painted some of mine red but others white and yellow. |
paulalba | 31 May 2015 2:25 a.m. PST |
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stephen1162 | 14 Jun 2015 3:26 p.m. PST |
Foot artillery = black belts Horse artillery = white belts See the Hofschroer Osprey book. Stephen |
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