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- Aug 25, 2012
In the Winter 2022 issue of Military Images magazine Ron Field has A Field Guide to Union Hussars. This is an interesting article. One thing in the article made me wonder, what does "His Prussian-style cap.." mean? Ron Field goes on to describe the cap "features a visor, black fur body, scarlet cloth bag trimmed with yellow hanging down the side, and red and white worsted pom-pom." I am assuming this indicates a hussar cap like the kind worn by Prussian hussars.
Early hussars wore brimless fur cap, once made from wolf fur, call a colpack or busby, with a cloth crown, which hung bag-like down the side. I take it Prussian hussars had added a brim prior to the Civil War. Does anyone have a good image of a Prussian hussar colpack ca. 1850s?
Early hussars wore brimless fur cap, once made from wolf fur, call a colpack or busby, with a cloth crown, which hung bag-like down the side. I take it Prussian hussars had added a brim prior to the Civil War. Does anyone have a good image of a Prussian hussar colpack ca. 1850s?
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