hi EEE ya  | 21 Jul 2024 1:44 a.m. PST |
Hello everyone, If the British and KGL infantry carry them to Waterloo. The Hanoverian units had them? And carry them to Waterloo? |
| Artilleryman | 21 Jul 2024 3:11 a.m. PST |
I do not believe there is anything definitive on this, but you could argue that as the Hanoverian troops were mostly equipped with British equipment and a cover came with the 'cap' they would be likely to wear them. |
| hi EEE ya | 21 Jul 2024 10:30 p.m. PST |
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| TimePortal | 22 Jul 2024 2:08 p.m. PST |
I saw illustrations back in the 1970-80s that showed Hanoverian troops in Belgic shakos with white or dirty white shako covers. |
| TimePortal | 22 Jul 2024 5:14 p.m. PST |
Uniforms of Waterloo shows a Hanover foot artillery crew wearing a Belgic shako with a black cover.
The Hanover infantryman with cover was n a British magazine from the 1960-70s era. |
| TimePortal | 22 Jul 2024 5:15 p.m. PST |
Uniforms of Waterloo shows a Hanover foot artillery crew wearing a Belgic shako with a black cover.
The Hanover infantryman was n a British magazine from the 1960-70s era. |
| hi EEE ya | 22 Jul 2024 10:48 p.m. PST |
@TimePortal
This is a start, but first-source testimonies are needed. |
| NapStein | 23 Jul 2024 4:09 a.m. PST |
Friedrich Schirmer, one of the most reputated researcher about the Hanoverian troops, does not mention any shako cover in the detailed description of all Hanoverian units in his "Nec Aspera Torrent", volume 2, published in 1937. And he used archival material as well as contemporary images. Schirmer describes the shakos model for each infantry (and Landwehr) unit and not one cover is mentioned. So, I would suppose that the Hanoverian units didn't have covers, probably they'd put the shako cords and tassels into their knapsack. Greetings from Berlin
Markus Stein |
| Prince of Essling | 23 Jul 2024 8:27 a.m. PST |
Also see discussion on "Late Hanoverian infantry headgear" at TMP link with links to extracts from Friedrich Schirmer's works published in Zeitschrift für Heereskunde. |
| hi EEE ya | 24 Jul 2024 10:06 p.m. PST |
@NapStein
I suspected so I would be able to distinguish the Hanoverians from the British. @Prince of Essling
Thank you for the link. |
| 14Bore | 05 Aug 2024 3:22 p.m. PST |
Baring any other information, I know the Prussians got British kit for individual soldiers to artillery batteries and got everything needed |
 Old Contemptible | 12 Aug 2024 7:57 p.m. PST |
This is a good place to start. link |
| hi EEE ya | 14 Aug 2024 1:28 a.m. PST |
@14Bore
Yes it's true @Old Contemptible
I know but… |
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