Hello ladies and gents, I am John Harrison last I posted here was well a year and a half ago. I am from Halifax Nova Scotia and I am a huge military history buff, battles, uniforms and fighting equiptment being my favored topics, this leads to my question.
I recently purchased "The Canadian Army at War" by Mike Chappell from Osprey Publishing. This book was first published in the 80's if I am not mistaken, and I have come across something I find quite odd, one of the panels shows the parade uniform of a RCR officer vintage 1928, he wears the scarlet tunic with gold piping on the cuffs and collar ( which is still the same today ) Infact the uniform looks exactly the same except for the modern Canadian drill boots worn, and one major differance the pugaree is blue? in Mike Chapells coloured plate ( I'm sure you know what this means but for the benefit of those who do not, it is the coloured cloth that wraps around the woseley style parade helmet worn by the RCR's ). Anyone who is familiar knows the RCR pugaree is red, so this makes me ask this question? Is Mike Chapells representation incorrect? or ... was it blue at one point and changed to red. I know that during the "Unification" of the Canadian military and then after when the brances gained thier identity back allot of uniform changes have taken place, but I was just wondering why the colour of the pugaree would change if it did? or was Mike Chappells Osprey representation incorrect.
Any takers? I am hoping for an answer because although its minor, little things like this keep people like me up at night lol.
Thank you
Links below to the images
Mike Chappells colour plate
RCR's on parade at Halifax Citadel 2006 Changing of the Guard ceremony
I recently purchased "The Canadian Army at War" by Mike Chappell from Osprey Publishing. This book was first published in the 80's if I am not mistaken, and I have come across something I find quite odd, one of the panels shows the parade uniform of a RCR officer vintage 1928, he wears the scarlet tunic with gold piping on the cuffs and collar ( which is still the same today ) Infact the uniform looks exactly the same except for the modern Canadian drill boots worn, and one major differance the pugaree is blue? in Mike Chapells coloured plate ( I'm sure you know what this means but for the benefit of those who do not, it is the coloured cloth that wraps around the woseley style parade helmet worn by the RCR's ). Anyone who is familiar knows the RCR pugaree is red, so this makes me ask this question? Is Mike Chapells representation incorrect? or ... was it blue at one point and changed to red. I know that during the "Unification" of the Canadian military and then after when the brances gained thier identity back allot of uniform changes have taken place, but I was just wondering why the colour of the pugaree would change if it did? or was Mike Chappells Osprey representation incorrect.
Any takers? I am hoping for an answer because although its minor, little things like this keep people like me up at night lol.
Thank you
Links below to the images
Mike Chappells colour plate
RCR's on parade at Halifax Citadel 2006 Changing of the Guard ceremony