REGIMENTS FACINGS BUTTON REMARKS 1st Guard Dragoons Red Yellow Yellow Lace 2nd Guard Dragoons Red White White Lace 1st Dragoons Red Yellow - 2nd Black Yellow - 3rd Pink White - 4th Lt. Yellow White - 5th Red White - 6th Black White - 7th Pink Yellow - 8th Yellow Yellow - 9th White Yellow - 10th White White - 11th Carmine Yellow - 12th Carmine White - 13th Red Yellow White Collar & Cuff Piping 14th Black Yellow White Collar & Cuff Piping 15th Pink White White Collar & Cuff Piping 16th Yellow White White Collar & Cuff Piping A black plume could be worn in full dress. Grey pantaloons with knee lasts were sometimes worn over the dark blue trousers in 1870 and later. Up to 1867 the collar was the color of the tunic with a large patch of facing color, but after 1867 the whole collar was changed to the facing color. Up to October 1866 the Swedish cuffs were piped in facing color. After that time they were entirely in the facing color. The helmet eagle had upswept wings (Guard eagle for Guards). More Prussian Cavalry 1870 Introduction Hussars Cuirassiers Dragoons Uhlans Part II: French Army: Line and Light Infantry Part II: French Army: Chasseurs a Pied Infantry Part II: French Army: Zouave Infantry Part II: French Army: Turco Infantry Part II: French Army: Cavalry Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. VII #1 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1986 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com