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by pnorberg » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:50 pm
In the 1680s introduced the Carolinian uniform in Sweden. Did Karl XI impression of the French army's clothes? Four coats of the Army Museum collections indicate that.
The coats are probably of French origin to the 1670s. They may have been used as a model for the introduction of the Caroline's uniform type in Sweden, in the 1680s.
Head of guard Regiment of Horse, Colonel Nils Bielke, was in the middle of the 1670s in Paris to acquire luxury goods of Charles XI's upcoming wedding. Bielke ordered including a new standard to the guard Regiment of Horse . 1677 the year after his return, he bought the Regiment clothes and apparel lining to 1000 new coats. Even the French coats may have been part of the bargain.
The idea that the coats would have French origin comes from the fact that the French army underwent a major uniform reform in the 1670s. Some French Guard regiment got the uniforms are almost identical to the coats of the Army Museum have now. Cut and color scheme is consistent. A few coats of this type were then not yet in either Russia or Prussia. Once they were there some 20 years later, they chose other colors. In Russia became such color combination of red and green the most common.
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