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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #120 on: January 21, 2016, 09:16:16 pm »
Hard to decide the best, there is so many classy looking uniforms back then.


I must say Swedes had damn fine uniforms back then, the main color of the uniforms for infantry was either blue or grey. Finnish regiments commonly used grey (except Österbottens and some other which had same as Swedish ones). The hats make you look like a true gentleman.

(No personal bias, I swear)


I must also say that I also love what Dutch and Nassau light infantry had in 1815. I love green color in the uniforms.
yeah, those hats look cool

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #121 on: January 22, 2016, 06:30:38 am »
I dont see any straps on those hats. They must have fallen of instantly at the double quick!
Of course, I also think lines should be able to move in double rank without having emotional breakdowns.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #122 on: January 22, 2016, 12:12:24 pm »
Napoleonic armies didn't have a double quick, so no problems there.
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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #123 on: January 22, 2016, 04:11:33 pm »
No straps, seriously? What about if you turn around quickly or what about in a charge?

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #124 on: January 22, 2016, 05:44:23 pm »
Some hats did have straps, leather or metal, and some didn't. At the end of the period, most, if not all, did have them. But Napoleonic soldiers simply weren't really supposed to make sudden movements and charges didn't happen too frequently. Well, at least not frequently enough in order for the War Departments to make clothing more practical.

You must understand that uniforms were all about making men stand out, make them proud to wear it, and all that bla-bla. The men who designed the uniforms weren't the ones who wore them on campaign, and they had very little notion on the comfort of the regular men. One of the more famous items that choose practically above looks was the Pokalem which, due to it's rather silly look, was abolished within 2 years of its introduction.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #125 on: January 22, 2016, 05:46:40 pm »
Interesting, thank you.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #126 on: January 22, 2016, 05:51:06 pm »
One thing that is interesting is that a Dutch painter, who was also an officer in the Dutch Landstorm (militia) in 1813-14, painted National Guard troops in combat situation with their straps tied on their shako, instead of under their chin where they had actual use. It's possible he drawed them while standing guard and put them in a combat situation just for the painting, of course.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #127 on: January 22, 2016, 10:06:31 pm »
One thing that is interesting is that a Dutch painter, who was also an officer in the Dutch Landstorm (militia) in 1813-14, painted National Guard troops in combat situation with their straps tied on their shako, instead of under their chin where they had actual use. It's possible he drawed them while standing guard and put them in a combat situation just for the painting, of course.

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Straps were tied like this quite often as they sometimes were uncomfortable to wear.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #128 on: January 22, 2016, 11:15:58 pm »
I've worn shakos with those straps and it's not uncomfortable at all.

Besides, you'd think that you'd want to make sure you didn't lose or damage your shako (that you had to pay for).

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #129 on: January 23, 2016, 05:06:03 pm »
And remember the fact that shakos fit so tightly around your head that there is no way it can come off that easy.
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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #130 on: January 24, 2016, 11:00:40 am »
Well, that's because we get fitted shakos. Those men just got a standard size.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #131 on: January 24, 2016, 03:14:43 pm »
Which doesn't mean to much, because you can make it fit by just putting some cloth or so underneath it.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #132 on: February 01, 2016, 05:10:38 pm »
If they were manufactured to pattern, they should have a buckle at the back of the headband to adjust their fit.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #133 on: February 06, 2016, 11:30:18 pm »
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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #134 on: March 01, 2016, 04:59:11 am »
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