Hello all,
I collect 19th century and pre-WWI uniforms and equipment of all nations and am working on a late nineteenth-century German "dunkelblau" display. I have a XXI-Armeekorps tunic on display now and am waiting on an FA tunic and a pre-1902 field musician's tunic. I haven't decided what I'm going to do about mutzen, pickelhauben, or field equipment for all of the tunics. I only have room on a mannequin for one of the three, which will be the infantry one. If anyone can suggested a source for a cheap dunkelblau mutze, please let me know. I'm also look for a proper set of green shoulder-boards for the infantry tunic, which lost them at some point (possibly in Landssturm use).
Currently, I have a beat-up WWI set of ammunition pouches on a belt with a steel buckle on the infantry mannequin. Rather than finding a whole pre-WWI belt, which doesn't seem to be easy or cheap, is there a way I can just switch out the current buckle with an earlier brass one? Do I need the buckle to still have the tongue attached to do so?
Your advice is greatly appreciated,
~TS
I collect 19th century and pre-WWI uniforms and equipment of all nations and am working on a late nineteenth-century German "dunkelblau" display. I have a XXI-Armeekorps tunic on display now and am waiting on an FA tunic and a pre-1902 field musician's tunic. I haven't decided what I'm going to do about mutzen, pickelhauben, or field equipment for all of the tunics. I only have room on a mannequin for one of the three, which will be the infantry one. If anyone can suggested a source for a cheap dunkelblau mutze, please let me know. I'm also look for a proper set of green shoulder-boards for the infantry tunic, which lost them at some point (possibly in Landssturm use).
Currently, I have a beat-up WWI set of ammunition pouches on a belt with a steel buckle on the infantry mannequin. Rather than finding a whole pre-WWI belt, which doesn't seem to be easy or cheap, is there a way I can just switch out the current buckle with an earlier brass one? Do I need the buckle to still have the tongue attached to do so?
Your advice is greatly appreciated,
~TS
