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Offline Ignatieff

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Third Afghan war - Afghan officer uniforms
« on: August 18, 2017, 05:01:38 PM »
Does anyone have any references for uniform colours for these chaps please?  I can see from the b&w images they are largely dressed in Turkish styled uniforms, but I dont know about colours.  Any or all help grateful received.

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Re: Third Afghan war - Afghan officer uniforms
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2017, 08:40:46 PM »
"Risings and rebellions" shows two afghan officers and speaks of a dark blue tunic and trousers, with a waist sash (unspecified coulour) and white gloves. Headdress is a round black lambskin cap. The general appearance was similar to turkish or persians uniforms of the time....so I suppose you can use turkish officer figures  :)
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Re: Third Afghan war - Afghan officer uniforms
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2017, 01:08:31 AM »
"Risings and rebellions" shows two afghan officers and speaks of a dark blue tunic and trousers, with a waist sash (unspecified coulour) and white gloves. Headdress is a round black lambskin cap. The general appearance was similar to turkish or persians uniforms of the time....so I suppose you can use turkish officer figures  :)

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Re: Third Afghan war - Afghan officer uniforms
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2017, 10:21:49 AM »
Personally I would go with a Turkish Officer in the lambskin fur hat and the yellow/Khaki colour of Turkish Uniforms, perhaps with a greener jacket. There is every chance that some Afghans wore Blue with white gloves in the field but I think the above is more likely.
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Re: Third Afghan war - Afghan officer uniforms
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2017, 05:27:19 PM »


Types of the Afghan Army 1908

"When our war with Afghanistan commenced the Press burst out with a flood of anti-British articles with a Pan-Islamic flavour and on June 4th an Afghan envoy, General Mohammed Wali Khan, arrived with large staff and an escort of soldiers in scarlet tunics".

F. Bailey in his book "The Mission in Tashkent" writes about the Afghan delegation in 1919.


Memoirs of the Soviet ambassador in Afghanistan. 1922:

"At the porch of the commandant's house there were eight horses in Kushka ... Next to it was a platoon of soldiers and two officers in a strange yellow uniform and round hats, they shone with large silver coats of arms: the dome of a mosque, two banners, sheaves of wheat and a Koran in the middle".

N.A. Ravich. "The Youth of the Century"


And there is also a Soviet feature film about the Soviet mission in Kabul. There you can see the Afghan uniform, which, in my opinion, is depicted more or less correctly:

From 4:14 - a small scene of the battle of the Afghans against the British in 1919.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GXNh_Ixa08

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Re: Third Afghan war - Afghan officer uniforms
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2017, 12:07:00 PM »
Cuprum, you genius!

Thank you all.

There's a get pic of Afghan militia where the officer is deffo wearing white pants.  Can't upload it because those assholes at Photobucket want me to 'upgrade my plan'.


 

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