Jeff R
Well-known member
I have a soft spot for Braunschweigisches Husaren-Regt. Nr.17, and keep an eye out for images of hussars in their cloth caps - some examples below.
The first is pre-1897, with only the single state cockade on his mütze. The second is probably from around 1900, with the pre-1905 nickel plated KD89 scabbard (interestingly, with the two rings technically abolished in 1895 – but seems to have persisted for some time after).
![HR17 2.jpg HR17 2.jpg](https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/data/attachments/24/24149-221aec63a31c4b21b313bacab2faa644.jpg)
![HR17 1.jpg HR17 1.jpg](https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/data/attachments/24/24150-e678beb17e995ce8162f1199cabb8391.jpg)
The third and fourth are both from the same Brunswick studio of Wilhelm Kleinschmidt, and show the post-1905 blackened scabbard and more modern form of the tellermütze.
![HR17 3.jpg HR17 3.jpg](https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/data/attachments/24/24151-a4a4544d2b57cf70bb58d6fa3e0a65da.jpg)
![HR17 4.jpg HR17 4.jpg](https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/data/attachments/24/24152-2c8eb611449d5e1905e5ff041dc91d31.jpg)
The first is pre-1897, with only the single state cockade on his mütze. The second is probably from around 1900, with the pre-1905 nickel plated KD89 scabbard (interestingly, with the two rings technically abolished in 1895 – but seems to have persisted for some time after).
![HR17 2.jpg HR17 2.jpg](https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/data/attachments/24/24149-221aec63a31c4b21b313bacab2faa644.jpg)
![HR17 1.jpg HR17 1.jpg](https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/data/attachments/24/24150-e678beb17e995ce8162f1199cabb8391.jpg)
The third and fourth are both from the same Brunswick studio of Wilhelm Kleinschmidt, and show the post-1905 blackened scabbard and more modern form of the tellermütze.
![HR17 3.jpg HR17 3.jpg](https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/data/attachments/24/24151-a4a4544d2b57cf70bb58d6fa3e0a65da.jpg)
![HR17 4.jpg HR17 4.jpg](https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/data/attachments/24/24152-2c8eb611449d5e1905e5ff041dc91d31.jpg)