Knee coat

The knee coat was part of the military clothing of the Prussian army .

It consisted of a white leather that was worn by the tambours on the left thigh to protect the cloth clothing from being chafed and rubbed by the drum . With the exception of the Grand Ducal Hessian Division , it was used by all Prussian armed forces.

literature

Ludwig Snell (Ed.): Handbook of Swiss constitutional law. 1st volume. Orell, Füssli and Co., Zurich 1837, p. 570 ( digitized in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

↑ Knee fur . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 10, p. 440.
^ Adolf Schlicht, John R. Angolia: The Air Force (= The German Wehrmacht - Uniforms and Equipment . Volume 3 ). Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-02001-7 , p. 493 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed September 21, 2015]).

[1] Knee fur . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 10, p. 440.

[2] Adolf Schlicht, John R. Angolia: The Air Force (= The German Wehrmacht - Uniforms and Equipment . Volume 3 ). Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-02001-7 , p. 493 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed September 21, 2015]).