"Prussian Army - Generals, Staff, Officers and NCOs" Topic

…ranks and uniforms.

"Generals' uniform closely followed the infantry style. Their full dress consisted of a dark blue Kollet, the Generalsrock, which had long coat-tails and Swedish cuffs. The collar, cuffs and coat tails were faced in scarlet and the two fromer items were trimmed with golden oak leaf lacing. From the right shoulder, a golden knotted aiguillette was worn and on the left was a single silver Kaantille. The butons were gilded. The trousers were of the normal officers' pattern with a single red stripe. Staff officers had double red stripe replaced the single one down the outside seams; this distinction having been worn by staff officers of all grades from late 1814. The head-dress was a black felt bicorne, which was worn fore and aft, and to which was affixed a black cockade, below a golden agraffe, and a white and black feather plume. The officers' mixed silver and black sash was worn around the waist.

This full dress uniform was seldom worn in the field. campaign dress varied, but took the form of one of the other three uniforms that a General was permitted to wear. All these styles of dress were worn with the usual grey trousers and a soft, grey or blue, peaked Schirmutze piped in scarlet, there was a double breasted dark blue Leibrock with gold buttons and scarlet facings; an Interimsrock on which the collars and cuffs were laced in gold and silver Kantille were carried on each shoulder; and an Uberrock. The Uberrock was coloured grey for Generals of Infantry; and dark blue for Generals of Cavalry or Artillery. This distinction of colour between the mounted and dismounted branches of the army applied to the dress of staff officers of all grades, for whom this garment was the most popular form of field service wear…"

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