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Uniforms and Equipment of the Old Army - Cavalry - Cuirassiers - The Teller Cap and the Peaked Cap

Cuirassier in a koller with a krätzchen from the Cuirassier Regiment Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (Brandenburg) No. 6 (Brandenburg). The regimental facing color of Cuirassier Regiment No. 6 was Russian blue.
Cuirassier in a koller with a krätzchen from the Cuirassier Regiment Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (Brandenburg) No. 6 (Brandenburg). The regimental facing color of Cuirassier Regiment No. 6 was Russian blue.

The teller cap shown here was one of the official items of clothing of the cuirassiers.

The crown was circular and slightly larger than the lower hat circumference = head circumference.

The cuirassiers' cap was made of white cloth with a facing band and a projecting rim of the crown in the regiment's respective facing color.

On the facing band was the Prussian cockade.

Above it the imperial cockade was attached.

The white teller cap was also worn with the blue tunic.

Cuirassier in a blue tunic with the white field cap and pallasch. Photographer: Otto Wendt/ Quedlinburg.
Cuirassier in a blue tunic with the white field cap and pallasch. Photographer: Otto Wendt/ Quedlinburg.