By Robert Wilkinson-Latham
Of all of the world's seaborne army enterprises, the British Royal army may be the main prestigious. Protector of the British Empire and defender of British freedom, it has supplied the template on which almost all different nationwide navies have modelled themselves. This publication explores the adjustments within the uniforms of the Royal military from the 18th Century to 1970. It comprises information from the costume laws as laid down within the first reliable illustrated textual content at the subject, which dated from 1825, up throughout the contemporary, and addresses all diversifications for weather, rank, and gear requirements.
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