Uniforms and Equipment of the Old Army - Artillery - Field Artillery - Prussia - The Greatcoat
The greatcoat of the Prussian field artillery was made of gray cloth and had shoulder straps like those on the tunic.
The collar patches were black.
On the collar patches, some units wore litzen with Kapellen, e.g. the guard units.
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