"Russian Forage Cap - Crimean War" Topic
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| Prince Alberts Revenge | 03 May 2023 7:29 a.m. PST |
About to start painting some Crimean War Russians and had a question. Regarding the forage caps, uniform guides describe them as grey brown but most images I see depict a more dark bottle green color. Which is more accurate? Thanks! |
| dBerczerk | 03 May 2023 7:50 a.m. PST |
My Russians wear dark green forage caps with red piping. I don't know if it is more accurate, but it makes a nice contrast to all the grey-brown greatcoats. |
| Cuprum2 | 03 May 2023 7:59 a.m. PST |
The cap was sewn from dark green (almost black) cloth (like the uniform). Gray-brown color (the color of undyed cloth) had greatcoats.
The combination of color piping on the caps made it possible to determine belonging to the battalion and company. |
DisasterWargamer  | 03 May 2023 8:03 a.m. PST |
Caps to match tunic not greatcoat Here are a couple of internet sites connected to historical reenactors for the Crimean War link link link |
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