Danish Foot Guard

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Danish Foot Guard

Post by Jeff78 » Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:55 am

http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=91853&t=w

Just curious about this image. The image comes from the NYPL collection. It is listed under the Dutch, but is obviously a picture of a soldier of the Danish Livgarde Til Fods (Dutch funded I presume). Yellow coat with red facings to include the "ladder" type lace running up the front of the coat. The curious thing is that it's single breasted and dated 1706. Is this a case of the wrong date or is it possible that some Danish units continued to wear the single breasted coat? I was going to post the image, but I didn't know if this would be a violation of any copyright laws.
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Re: Danish Foot Guard

Post by simon boulton » Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:08 am

I'm sure some gentlemen who are far more knowledgable than me will reply but I seem to recall that the Danish Foot Guards did continue to wear a single breasted coat during the WSS period whilst the line regiments changed to the new style coat,
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Re: Danish Foot Guard

Post by 18th Century Guy » Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:25 pm

The Robert Hall plate shows the Foot Guard in a double-breasted coat with the ladder lace.
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