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Title: Swiss of the 1560s-1580s...
Post by: Condottiere on 30 September 2017, 04:31:02 AM
From the blog, Kriegsbuch: Researching and wargaming the wars of 1560-1660:  Swiss military clothing 1564-1587 (http://kriegsbuch.blogspot.com/2017/09/swiss-military-clothing-1564-1587.html)...

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MeiXDCw63d8/Wb4bvFQUWHI/AAAAAAAAAgc/5grAVwYmoNAZocrh7TPNOgUXWrgjv62VACLcBGAs/s1600/Schweizer%2BLandsknecht%2BWick%2B1564b.jpg)

Swiss pluderhosen were like shorts, while Landsknechts wore baggy capri pants...
Title: Re: Swiss of the 1560s-1580s...
Post by: Metternich on 30 September 2017, 08:41:04 PM
Thanks for posting that.  A sketch I had not seen previously.
Title: Re: Swiss of the 1560s-1580s...
Post by: DintheDin on 04 October 2017, 09:55:33 AM
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Swiss of the 1560s-1580s...
Post by: Codsticker on 05 October 2017, 12:28:21 AM
The fellow on the left looks like he has fabric bits sewn onto his sleeves; is that what I am seeing?
Title: Re: Swiss of the 1560s-1580s...
Post by: Condottiere on 05 October 2017, 12:57:37 AM
Quote from: Metternich on 30 September 2017, 08:41:04 PM
Thanks for posting that.  A sketch I had not seen previously.
All the images on his blog are new to me...

Had assumed that the length of plunder-pants was a preference, not a mark of allegiance.
Title: Re: Swiss of the 1560s-1580s...
Post by: Condottiere on 05 October 2017, 01:02:51 AM
Quote from: Codsticker on 05 October 2017, 12:28:21 AM
The fellow on the left looks like he has fabric bits sewn onto his sleeves; is that what I am seeing?
Could be, but it could also be the lining being pulled through the slashing, a style pioneered by Italians in the late 15th Century:

(http://www.vittorecarpaccio.org/thumbnail/87000/87391/mini_large/Arrival-Of-The-English-Ambassadors-Detail-1-1495-1500.jpg?ts=1459229076)
Title: Re: Swiss of the 1560s-1580s...
Post by: Codsticker on 05 October 2017, 03:53:05 PM
Oh yeah- that makes more sense.