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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: zebra55 on April 04, 2013, 09:16:12 AM

Title: Polish uniforms 1919-21 ?
Post by: zebra55 on April 04, 2013, 09:16:12 AM

Hello ,

  does anyone know what  type of uniform was widely worn ?

 German grey of the Polnische Wehrmacht, Russian, French or allies surplus khaki ?

 Ken.

Title: Re: Polish uniforms 1919-21 ?
Post by: The Gray Ghost on April 04, 2013, 12:27:36 PM

The short answer is yes, the Polish forces wore whatever they could get a hold of.
Many pictures I have seen show German jackets.

Title: Re: Polish uniforms 1919-21 ?
Post by: ts on April 04, 2013, 03:00:43 PM

You can go to
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showforum.php?fid=12
and look in
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?fid=12&tid=185
IV. Иностранные контингенты (Интервенты и пр.). Организация, вооружение, униформа / Foreign troops (interventionists, etc.). The organization, weapons, uniforms
1. Польша / Poland

Further you can look through
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showforum.php?fid=12
looking for Poland, as not all the posts on Poland have yet been put into the table of contents.

In general you will find the troops from Wielko Polaska in grey German uniforms with special Polish characteristics like the rogatywka, the four-cornered cap known from the Napoleonic period.
Then you has the Haller Corps raised in France in French uniforms.
Along the Eastern and Southern borders you find uniforms and equipment influenced by Russia and Austria.
1919 a national Polish uniform was introduced, very much like the uniform of 1939, English-brown with rogatywka cap. But very few regiments got it, before the war was ended.
Almost all varieties and colour uniforms existed, same goes for equipment and weapons - except for British.
More about Polish uniforms 1917-1921 will be put up on the site of Studio Siberia, when time permits.

You can also look in this Forum in
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=24819.0
Most post on Poland 1920 is on Back of Beyond board.

Title: Re: Polish uniforms 1919-21 ?
Post by: elefant66 on April 06, 2013, 10:05:50 AM

Hello,

  i think there are some photos on this forum  at an independence day parade in Poland

 showing those German uniforms and French  horizon bleu uniforms- tunics and helmets.


 John.

Title: Re: Polish uniforms 1919-21 ?
Post by: CorvetteK225 on April 06, 2013, 02:38:13 PM

Just Bing or Google for images of "Polish independence parade" and numerous examples will come up as well. Many, many uniform ideas to make an interesting and colorful game table.  ;)