"AWI 52nd Regiment of Foot crossbelt color" Topic

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two4slashing	17 Sep 2017 7:11 a.m. PST
Would the 52nd have buff or white crossbelts?
Garde de Paris	17 Sep 2017 7:39 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. GdeP
two4slashing	17 Sep 2017 8:33 a.m. PST
Thank you, time to repaint some crossbelts

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