by Rudy Scott Nelson
The facing colors for the tunics varied depending on the regiments. INFANTRY Tunic : White Formal Grenzer Regiments still wore a brown color Collar and Cuff colors varied depending the regiment Facing Colors
Poppy Red: 37, 39, 45 & 80 Black: 14 & 58. Crab Red: 20, 35, 67 & 71 Bright red: 15, 34, 44 & 74 Pale red : 36, 57, 65 & 66 Pink: 5, 6, 13 & 38 Sky Blue: 3, 4 Light Blue:19, 29, 32, 40, 72 & 75. Cherry Red: 73, 77 Dark Blue: 11, 24, 33 & 51 Dark Yellow: 2, 22, 27 & 31 Sulphur Yellow: 16 & 41 Light Orange: 42, 59, 63 & 64 Red-Brown: 17, 55, 68 & 78 Brown: 7, 12 Crimson: 23, 43 Grass Green: 8, 28, 61 & 62 Parrot Green: 10, 26, 46 & 50 Sea Green: 21, 25, 70 & 79 Apple Green : 9 & 54 Steel Grey: 47, 48, 56 & 60 Light Grey: 30, 49, 69 & 76 GRENZ Regt Facings
Light Orange: 3, 4 Crab Red: 5, 6 Pale Red: 7,8 Light Grey: 9, 13 Crimson: 10, 11 Sky Blue 12, 18 Pink 14, 15 Parrot Green: 16, 17 Trousers: Light Blue (often a dark shade of cobalt) for both German and Hungarian units. Shako: Low tapered with peak. Overcoat: Dark Gray with a white armband and collar patches. Backpack: Hide color Haversack: White. Belts: White JAGER Tunic and Trousers: Mid-Gray Collar and Cuff: Grass Green for all batttalions Hat: Small brimed black top-hat with a large plume plume. Leather Equipment Belts: Black Overcoat: Dark Gray with a white armband and green collar patches DRAGOONS Tunics: White Trousers: Light/Colbalt Blue Leather Horse Equipment: Black Regiments 7 and 8 dressed in Dark green Tunics and Trousers
2: Dark Blue 3 & 7: Dark Red 4 & 8: Poppy Red 5: Dark green 6: Light Blue Helmet with leather comb and often a black waterproof cover. Belts: White HUSSARS Coat & Trousers
Light Blue: Rgts 2, 4, 6, 7, 10 & 12 Facing colors:
White: 2, 3, 9 & 12 Grass Green: 1, 7, 10 & 11 Most units wore a facing color shako but some units had adopted a small fur busby. CUIRASSIERS Tunic: White Trousers: Light/Colbalt Blue Facing colors:
Black: 2, 6 Dark Blue: 7, 10 Light Blue: 6, 12 Grass Green: 4, 9. Poppy Red: 8, 11 Dragoon style helmet No Cuirass UHLANS Tunic and trousers : Dark green. Collar patches and cuffs in Facing color. Square-topped Czapka: Facing Color.
Crimson: 11, 12 Dk Green: 2 , 7 Light Blue: 5, 10 White: 4, 9 Poppy Red: 3, 8 Bright Red: 13 ARTILLERYMEN Tunics: Dark Brown. Collar patches and cuffs were red Trousers: Light Blue (closer to mid/colbalt blue) Leather Equipment is Black More 19th Century Danish Wars
Chronology of the Danish-German War of 1864 Uniforms of the Danish-German War of 1864: Danish Uniforms of the Danish-German War of 1864: Austrian Uniforms of the Danish-German War of 1864: Prussian Order of Battle: Danish-German War of 1864 Wargaming the Danish-German War of 1864 Background Comments on Danish-German War of 1864 Back to Time Portal Passages Fall 2000 Table of Contents Back to Time Portal Passages List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Rudy Scott Nelson 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 |