These are a few Addenda and Errata to the Volume IX Issue No. 1 article on the Piedmontese Army:

There were two typos. So apologies to artist Massimo Brandani for having misspelled his name on pages 47 and 49. Also, in the Infantry Table, the Provincial Militia unit is actually Pinerolo and not Pinerlo.

There were also two items overlooked in the Infantry section. The grenadier sergeants were armed with a sword and a musket like the grenadier officers (and not with sword and halberd as for other foot sergeants). And the Micheletti Sardi had blue coats, with red facingsand small clothes as indicated in the Infantry Table.

Regarding the illustrations, as suggested by the source's title, Le Regie Truppe Sarde 1750-1773 [Royal Sardinian Troops], post 1751 uniforms are shown which do not match the appropriate ones for the 1740's. [Editor: this was my fault as I selected the illustrations from my copy of said book] However, they do share some characteristics common to the WAS-era uniforms. The Savoy pioneer, for example, resembles one from the 1740's Schulembourg Regiment and the Roy private could be from any 1740's unit wearing waistcoat only. (I do not know if the white canvas haversack, striped medium blue, was carried earlier). It should be pointed out that in the 1740's, as stated in the text, grenadier cap bag tassels and piping were in plain, button-coloured lace and not the multicoloured ones shown in the illustration.

I do not know whether patterns for sword hilts, etc. of the cavalry illustrations were similar to earlier ones, but the general style of the uniforms, cavalry boots, and dragoon gaiter-boots, and the belts and bufalo are all similar to those used in the WAS (Patterns for WAS shabraques and holster trim are discussed in the text.)

Although illustrating post-1751 uniforms, the figures shown are similar to the 1740's style. Left, a private of the Invalids, who with hat trim and appropriate coloured distinctions added, matches any of the styles of the 1-2-3 button Provincial units. At right, a private of the Company of Pardoned Deserters, who without turnback hearts and with red trim added to the cartridge box, matches any white-coated, horizontal-pocket infantry (although his buttons are 2-2-2-2-2 -- a style not used by any 1740s white-coated units). Illustrations by Massimo Brandani are from La Regie Truppe Sarde 1750-1773.

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