"1815 Dutch shakos V2" Topic
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| Brownbear | 23 Nov 2016 3:09 a.m. PST |
I have read various information about the shakos used by the Dutch army in 1815. Is the following correct?
- Dutch militia: British stove pipe shakos
-ex-Belgian line and chasseurs/jagers: British "Belgic"shako
-Dutch line: the old 1814 shako (so not the Austrian one with front and back peak). Only officers had worn these |
| Lamads67 | 23 Nov 2016 9:02 a.m. PST |
I can recomend Osprey ment-at-arms Wellington's Belgian allie 1815 and Wellington's Dutch Allies 1815.
According through here the headgear was:
Dutch Militia in British stovepipes
Belgian Lines in British Belgic shako
Dutich Line and Jaegers/chasseures in Austrian style shako with front and back peak. |
| attilathepun47 | 23 Nov 2016 11:04 p.m. PST |
What Lamads67 says above also seems to conform with the illustrations in the book covering Waterloo in the old Blandford/Macmillan series on uniforms, although I would double check on the headgear of the Belgian jaegers (I think I may have seen pictures of some of them in the Belgic shako). Considering the short existence of the newly reformed Netherlands Army, I would be surprised if they achieved complete uniformity of dress. |
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