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Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« on: November 16, 2012, 02:22:58 am »
My favorite regiment, my opinion of best dress are the Freikorp Calvary regiment, don't know the exact details, but head over to Meneloas's thread to find out some more.
Here's a picture, taken from Meneloas:
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Feel free to post pictures, just spoil them for the good of everyone else's crappy internet  ;D

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2012, 08:37:03 am »
Haha, indeed one of the best dressed soldiers in this time. Note that the colours of the uniform were later taken over by the german national flag: black for the fabric, red as badge colour & gold for the brass knobs!



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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2012, 09:46:30 am »
Haha, indeed one of the best dressed soldiers in this time. Note that the colours of the uniform were later taken over by the german national flag: black for the fabric, red as badge colour & gold for the brass knobs!

Yeah, I'm sure the Germans made their new flag based on uniforms from 150 years before.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2012, 12:13:42 pm »
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The Frankfurt Parliament had declared the black-red-gold as the official colours of the German Confederation, with the red symbolized the Hanseatic League and the gold and black symbolizing Austria. These colours soon came to be regarded as the national colours of Germany during this brief period, and especially after their reintroduction during the Weimar period, they have become synonymous with liberalism in general.
correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that was the assigning of the nation's colours?
Taken from http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/facts/german-flag.htm

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2012, 12:49:27 pm »
Haha, indeed one of the best dressed soldiers in this time. Note that the colours of the uniform were later taken over by the german national flag: black for the fabric, red as badge colour & gold for the brass knobs!

Yeah, I'm sure the Germans made their new flag based on uniforms from 150 years before.
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The Frankfurt Parliament had declared the black-red-gold as the official colours of the German Confederation, with the red symbolized the Hanseatic League and the gold and black symbolizing Austria. These colours soon came to be regarded as the national colours of Germany during this brief period, and especially after their reintroduction during the Weimar period, they have become synonymous with liberalism in general.
correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that was the assigning of the nation's colours?
Taken from http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/facts/german-flag.htm
The flag is older, it first appeared around 1830!
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Uniforms of the Lützow Free Corps during the German liberation wars against French occupation under Napoleon also consisted of a combination of black, red and gold. The colours were later used on horizontal tri-colour flags by Lützow veterans and other democratic revolutionaries of the Hambacher Fest in 1832, and in the Revolutions of 1848. As a result, the German Confederation, which had continued the use of the eagle coat of arms in 1815, also adopted the tri-colour flag in 1848.
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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2012, 03:36:53 pm »
Well I believe this should be divided into 2 categories and then 2 sub categories - infantry or cavalry and then fashion or practicality.

Infantry-
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Imperial Dutch Grenadiers
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Doesn't get better than Opolchenie  :P
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Cavalry-
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Anything French :P


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*Practicality:
Belgian 5th Light Dragoons, a perfect example of practicality
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Just thought this looked funny
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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2012, 05:17:27 pm »
I find the French Chasseur-Au-Cheval Kinski a much better example of practicality!  ;)

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2012, 05:51:24 pm »
Brunswick Hussars ofcourse!



Though I in general like every hussar in existance.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2012, 11:31:14 pm »
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39th New York Volunteers, for their amazing hat, and their blue and red uniforms

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2012, 10:57:31 pm »
Just look to these stylish boys:

Can't get better than gold.  :D


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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2012, 10:59:00 pm »
Mcewan likes seamen, teehee.

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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2012, 11:02:08 pm »
Mcewan likes seamen, teehee.
I am one with the seamen.


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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2012, 05:33:26 am »
I was always partial to the Bavarian uniforms in general:
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Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2012, 06:03:56 am »
I was always a fan of Portugese Riflemen.
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