Military Uniforms through the ages

• Uniforms for the common soldier were not really used until the 1700s. Before that soldiers wore what ever they had on when they were "recruited". 

• During the 1700s it became more common to  provide a uniform standard of dress and they gradually became fancier and more elaborate. As in many things military, Prussia led the way.

• This is an overview of how the uniform progressed through the ages from utilitarian to very fancy and then back to utilitarian.

• Soldiers were originally expected to pay for their uniforms by means of deductions from their wages.

Sub category index

How soldiers dressed from Before Christ (BC) to the 1500s AD

Uniforms of the European Powers of the 1800 Century

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Uniforms of Prussia (3)

Uniforms of Great Britain from 1742

Uniforms of Great Britain & Hanover

Uniforms of Hanover & the German States

Uniforms of the German States

Uniforms of Saxony & Sweden

Uniforms of Austria

Uniforms of Austria (2)

Uniforms of France

Uniforms of Russia

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