Braunschweig Husaren Regiment nr 17 Enlisted

Bruno: Busbies are new for me and those informations are very helpful. Could you please explain the differences between the fieldsigns pre/post 1897? I thought the EM always wore black and white fieldsigns.
Thank you in advance.
 
Sandmann said:
Bruno: Busbies are new for me and those informations are very helpful. Could you please explain the differences between the fieldsigns pre/post 1897? I thought the EM always wore black and white fieldsigns.
Thank you in advance.
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Hi Sandy, HR17 wore the black and white Prussian feldabzeichen until 1897 when they changed to use the blue and yellow Braunschweig colors. Saxon Hussars had green and white feldabzeichen.
 
Sandmann said:
Bruno: Busbies are new for me and those informations are very helpful. Could you please explain the differences between the fieldsigns pre/post 1897? I thought the EM always wore black and white fieldsigns.
Thank you in advance.
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This only applied to Braunschweig: Cpt Bob explained accurately that their Husaren recovered the blue/yellow Feldzeichen in 1897. In fact, they used to sport it earlier, till they were integrated in the Prussian army in 1886, and hence adopted the black/white Prussian Feldzeichen for over 10 years. I supposed this also applied to cockades on Braunschweig spike helmets.
 
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