Saturday 2 May 2009

Grenadier of Württemberg Infantry Regiment Roeder

Württemberg grenadiers looked so like their Prussian counterparts that they wore white cloth covers over their grenadier mitres to distinguish them from the enemy.

2 comments:

  1. They wore white hats so they would know who the "good guys" were, huh? :-)

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  2. Yup! :-) Everyone knows the Prussians were the bad guys, anyway, don't they? ;-)

    David.

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