Our Nutcracker Christmas Ornaments are 8 inches long, including the 3.5 inch long red cord hanging loop. The Nutcracker Christmas Ornaments are wearing a yellow military uniform jacket with gold shoulder pads and gold buttons and a black belt. The nutcracker Christmas ornaments also have antique blue military pants and black military boots. The nutcracker Christmas ornaments have a 1 inch tall black top hat. Select this link to view our Unique Christmas Ornaments.
Regimental Dress
The styles and decoration of military uniforms varied immensely with the status, image and funds of the military throughout the ages. Uniform dress became the norm with the adoption of regimental systems, initially by the French Army in the mid seventeenth century. Some Swedish infantry had been issued with standard coloured dress under Gustavus Adophus. However in the main the levies of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries wore civilian dress with scarves, pieces of foliage or other makeshift identification. Even Royal guards would only be issued with surcoats to wear over ordinary clothing. Select this link to view our Wooden Nutcracker Ornaments.
During the Eighteenth Century
The normal military uniform comprised a standardized form of civilian dress (tricorn hat, long-skirted coat, waistcoat and breeches). One distinctively military feature was the long canvas gaiters which came up to mid-thigh and had multiple buttons. Dress was surprisingly standard between European armies in cut and general outline. The distinction normally lay in colours, red coats for the British and Danes, light gray then white for the French, Spanish and Austrian infantry, dark blue for the Prussians, green for the Russians etc. Within armies different regiments were usually distinguished by "facings" or turn backs and braiding on coats in colours that were distinctive to one or several regiments. Thus the Royal Comtois Infantry Regiment of the French Army, for example, had large dark blue cuffs on off white coats. Select this link to view our Wooden Nutcracker Soldiers.