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Epee · 15 October 2009, 05:39 AM

Thanks guys that what I was looking for. I know the Ulanka piping was poppy red (orange-ish scarlet) it was the cape collar that was stumping me.

George,
When you discribe the cape's collar, "...and the collar was in two colors. In MvR’s case, the underneath color was red (poppy red), and the upper color was probably dark blue." I'm reading you as saying that the portion of the collar framing MvR's face is dark blue and that the underside of the collar, the portion facing his back, is ponceaurot. Correct?

BTW, a while ago someone noticed that a film of MvR shows his ribbon bar on the right side of his chest while everyone else's is on the left and we speculated as to why this was so. In researching the proper uniform colors I discovered that wearing the ribbon bar on the right was particular to the Ulans.

Here are a few good links:
http://www.kaisersbunker.com/
http://www.derrittmeister.com/uniforms.htm
http://www.saxoniamilitaria.com/

Don't you just love Imperial Uniform non-systems?

15 October 2009, 05:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
Epee Forum Ace Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 545	Thanks guys that what I was looking for. I know the Ulanka piping was poppy red (orange-ish scarlet) it was the cape collar that was stumping me. George, When you discribe the cape's collar, "...and the collar was in two colors. In MvR’s case, the underneath color was red (poppy red), and the upper color was probably dark blue." I'm reading you as saying that the portion of the collar framing MvR's face is dark blue and that the underside of the collar, the portion facing his back, is ponceaurot. Correct? BTW, a while ago someone noticed that a film of MvR shows his ribbon bar on the right side of his chest while everyone else's is on the left and we speculated as to why this was so. In researching the proper uniform colors I discovered that wearing the ribbon bar on the right was particular to the Ulans. Here are a few good links: http://www.kaisersbunker.com/ http://www.derrittmeister.com/uniforms.htm http://www.saxoniamilitaria.com/ Don't you just love Imperial Uniform non-systems? Last edited by Epee; 15 October 2009 at 05:57 AM.