"French naval artillery crews serving ashore 1870-71" Topic
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| SomuaS35 | 01 Apr 2019 12:43 p.m. PST |
Was hoping I might get some help with French naval artillery crew uniforms for crews serving ashore, 1870-71. Would they be wearing white uniforms like the ones pictured in Askari miniatures catalog (not sure if that is a tropical uniform) or blue, like the sailors serving ashore as infantry? Thanks for any help! |
 Jeff Ewing  | 01 Apr 2019 1:49 p.m. PST |
Those are basically summer and winter uniforms, so it would depend. If your Fusiliers Marin are in blue, the gun crews would be also. |
 ColCampbell | 01 Apr 2019 4:58 p.m. PST |
I plan on painting mine blue when I acquire them. I already have a three battalion regiment of fusiliers-marin in blue for my French Army of the Loire forces. Jim |
| rougeau | 02 Apr 2019 1:40 a.m. PST |
the units of Marines having served on land, wore the Blue outfit, Most fought from September 70 to February 71, The winter of 1871 remained in the memory as one of the coldest. popular imagery often depict them with the sheep skin jacket over the blue woolen cloth outfit |
| rougeau | 02 Apr 2019 1:42 a.m. PST |
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| SomuaS35 | 03 Apr 2019 5:04 a.m. PST |
Thanks so much, knew I could count on TMP guys for quick answers. |
 Nashville | 03 Apr 2019 1:25 p.m. PST |
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