Wednesday 10 October 2012

Royal Ecossais in the 45


There is some debate as to whether this was actually worn - read the argument here
This cap was worn by a grenadier officer of the Royal Ecossais, a Scottish infantry regiment in the French Army. Made of dark blue velvet and scarlet silk, it is embroidered with the French fleur-de-lys and the Scottish thistle. From here
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