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This work features eighty-four full-colour plates, which depict a wide range of the accoutrements and equipment of the ordinary soldier serving in the cavalry, infantry and artillery of the British Army between 1750 and 1900. Accoutrements include everything that is worn by a soldier that is neither his main uniform nor a weapon.
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Pierre Turner became interested in historic army uniforms as a child. When he became a full-time illustrator thirty years ago he was surprised to find that nothing was known about soldiers' accoutrements, even though there were plenty of reference books on weapons, badges and medals. So he began a search for surviving items to make sure that what he drew was accurate and this quickly became an absorbing interest on its own. Resident - Devon
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ALL the parts that make up a soldier, his uniform, headdress, weapons, buttons, badges and medals have long attracted interest from collectors and researchers and much has been written on those subjects. Read the first page
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ALL the parts that make up a soldier, his uniform, headdress, weapons, buttons, badges and medals have long attracted interest from collectors and researchers and much has been written on those subjects. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is 'THE' reference work for all students of the classical 'Redcoat' era of the British Army. Familiar as I am with many other works on the subject none show existing and surviving examples of the items illustrated so well.
Each piece of kit is superbly painted even down to the issue details and personal numberings appertaining to the original.
BRAVO !
Each piece of kit is superbly painted even down to the issue details and personal numberings appertaining to the original.
BRAVO !
Format:Hardcover
Great book for research in militaria. As a re-enactor and Living History buff within the periods of the book it could not be more helpful
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Best book on 18th and 19th century British Army field equipment available.
28 July 2007
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A splendid book, finely and accurately illustrated with detailed color drawings of the accoutrements used by Great Britain from 1750 until 1900. What do they mean by 'accoutrements'? Accoutrements are the soldiers field equipments: canteens, waterbottles, mess-tins, haversacks, belts, pouches, musket and rifle slings, bayonet frogs, knapsacks, buckles and other odds'n'ends used by the British cavalry and infantry soldier over about a 150 year period. Believe me they are all there, illustrated in expert detail, right down to the stitching, with a scale rule in inches on each page to provide dimensions. In addition to the equipment illustrations the artist, Pierre Turner, provides a few illustrations of soldiers actually wearing the equipment to show how it was all arranged on the body. Anyone familiar with Osprey Publishings series on military uniforms and campaigns will recognize Pierre Turner's name. Now don't misunderstand, this book is not an illustrated uniform reference, packed full of splendid soldiers in red. There are just a handful of soldiers illustrated where necessary to explain the arrangement of particular pieces of equipment. This book IS a thorough, well layed out, illustrated work on every piece of field equipment that the British soldier and cavalryman of the mid-18th and 19th centuries wore. Each piece is shown in great detail from every angle. These include variations, changes and upgrades over the years. The belts, straps, packs, etc. are laid out on the page as if they were right there in front of you - any you would never get this view of them any other way except if you actually could handle or owned these items. The complicated Valise Equipment of 1870 through it's variations up to the 1888 Pattern are all there. Even the picks and shovels are included, something that no British soldier could do without even today. Mr. Turner should be congratulated for the painstaking care with which he went about creating this bible of British Army accoutrements. This book is a must have for any collector, historian, or hobbiest interested in the British soldier from 1750 to 1900.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Indispensable Book!
7 Mar 2008
Format:Hardcover
This is truly indispensable for students of the British army and the detail is amazing. These drawings are a fantastic resource and show many clear images of some of the more obscure pieces of British army equipment you will find no where else. It is a great reference and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the particulars of 18th and 19th Century military kit. Top notch reference.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Superlative book on a neglected subject
9 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
Soldier accoutrements are often only mentioned in passing in books dealing with the uniform details. Although extant artefacts can be seen in various museums, this book gathers all the source material on the British Army of this period relating to this one single topic into a magnificent volume with terrific illustrations. Details just pop out on every page! For example, who would have realised that grenadiers would sport a wound cord item on the back of their shoulder belts? This point is just not apparent in practically every other "expert" book on uniformology. All reenactors and modellers should get a copy!
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