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by Friedrich August I. » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:38 am
One thing is for sure - the use of the Tricorne - on behalf of the Military crawled from the West to the East. It started in France with the Fashion of the Royal Court of the Sun King.
It was a behavior of this age to sent Members of the ruling families of Europe on a journey towards France to learn the Youngster Etiquette, courtly manners and adjucation in knightly behaviors.
So described in the Notes of the 2 Years Journey of Friedrich August, later known as Augustus II, King of Poland, second born Son of Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony. In the youthful age of 16 he was introduced to the French King in 1686 and stayed there for about 6 month. It got mentioned that the elite class allready wore Tricornes while the common people still carried those well known, broad brimmed, one side up hats. So with the aknowledgement of the courts that there was a new fashion afoot the elite class started to invent the Tricorne in the Army - Officers raised and owned Regiments - as those Commanders wanted to stick out of the mass of the unit. Saxony did not invent the Tricorne until 1706 when the Army resurfaced after the disastrous events in the Northern War.
How Russia got those Tricornes? Well, Peter the Greats travel towards the West should explain this easely (Grand Embassy of Peter the Great).
„Macht Euch Euren Dregg alleene“
"Sort your filth out by yourself!" The King of Saxony Friedrich August III., at his abdication 1918, referred to the quarrels in the parliament and the squabbling within the provisional government.