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two4slashing17 Sep 2017 8:11 a.m. PST

Would the 52nd have buff or white crossbelts?

Garde de Paris17 Sep 2017 8:39 a.m. PST

I think we recently heard that all regiments with buff facings had buff leather belting as well, including crossbelts, pack straps and musket slings. Some even painted the back packs buff early in the Peninsular War.

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two4slashing17 Sep 2017 9:33 a.m. PST

Thank you, time to repaint some crossbelts

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