Re: french napoleonic blue

Its a dark blue, but the dyes the French had were bad and tended to fade 
quickly, so a medium would also do.  In Spain, they could not even get 
the cloth through, so patches were any color, and some unit were 
basically in homespun brown. Also wore white or grey cloth hat covers 
(Watch Sharpe)  At one time Napoleon tried to clothe the army in the Old 
white coats, but ran out of dye. So for several years about 15 regiments 
were in white.

Malcolm McDowall wrote:
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> > what would be the "coat d arms" ref for french napoleonic blue guys its
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> > line infantry
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> > murph
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> 207 Dark Blue?