Uniforms |
| Mle 1915 Uniform Set
The uniform set consists of Tunic, Trousers, shirt, puttees, and bonnet de police.
Size 46 and below Size 48 and above |
| Mle 1867 Vareuse/Tunique (Tunic)
This is the uniform the poilu went to war in. Dark blue uniform with red pants -- very dashing, but alas, kind of a magnet for the German Spandau Machine Guns. The Vareuse is made of a dark blue wool cloth and is worn underneath the overcoat in cold weather. This is the pre-war and early war uniform -- we've gotten some requests for this uniform and so we made 'em up. They DO look nice!
Size 46 and below |
| Mle 1867 Pantalon-Culotte (Trousers)
$124.95 |
| Mle1877 Capote (Greatcoat)
Size 46 and below Size 48 and above |
| Mle 1915 Capote (Greatcoat)
The Capote is made of a heavy wool cloth, in a shade known as "horizon blue." The greatcoats had hardly changed since the days of the Second Empire, in which this model of greatcoat had the traditional cut with two rows of six buttons. The Mle 1914/15 Capotes were distributed to Metropolitan Infantry Regiments in 1917 only after they had exhausted the stocks of the simplified version of the Mle.1914/15 called the "Poiret," a single row button greatcoat used as in interim. The Mle 1914/15 greatcoat has 12 half-ball buttons of white metal bearing a grenade device, painted blue-gray. Some coats had two breast pockets with buttoned flaps. There was an integral rear half-belt for waist adjustment, two rear pockets with access via the long central vent and belt loop on the left side. The skirts could be buttoned back on campaign, and buttoned rear vents allowed the cuffs to be turned up. At the end of 1915, to allow the carrying of a further reserve of ammunition, a large reinforced pocket with a two-button flap was added to each side. This modification was made to already existing coat stocks, and there was often a contrast between the shades of cloth used.·On the shoulders are either the detachable Mle.1908 Épaulettes, single roll shoulder straps or Mle.1913 Épaulettes double roll shoulder straps. These rolls at the end of the straps was meant to stop the soldier's equipment slings from slipping off his shoulders.
$300.95 |
| Mle 1915 Vareuse/Tunique (Tunic)
The Vareuse is made of a heavy horizon blue wool cloth and is worn underneath the overcoat in cold weather. This model of tunic had a single row of 5 half-ball white metal buttons bearing a grenade device, painted blue-gray. It has two pockets without buttoned flaps in the skirt, double rear vents, a belt loop on the left and a stand-up collar. The collar bears the same type collar patch insignia as the capote.
Size 46 and below Size 48 and above |
| Mle 1914/1915 Pantalon-Culotte (Trousers)
These are made loose in the thigh and tight from the knee down, these were meant to be worn with leg wraps. Made in horizon blue wool and since April 1915, were piped in yellow down the outer seams.
$124.95 |
| Mle 1891/15 Bonnet de Police
Okay, we haven't written the description yet ;-Þ but this, like the Képi is what the poilu wore on his noggin. The Bonnet de Police is the more common late-war piece of French headgear.
$29.95 |
| Mle 1914 Kepi (Kepi Hat)
The WWI French military hat, the Képi is made out of horizon blue wool with a rounded brim, the Mle. 1914 Képi was a simplified version of the traditional rounded Mle.1884 Képi. We offer the khaki and horizon blue versions of the kepi.
Khaki |
| Chemise (Shirt)
The issue Chemise is made of cotton and usually they are of the collarless and pocket less variety, with 3 or 4 button front and were made in either plain white or white and gray pinstripes. The poilu carried a second shirt in his pack. We carry the white cotton chemise. $39.95 |
| Bandes Molletieres (Leg Wraps/Puttees)
The issue leg wraps are 2.60 meters long and 12 cm wide, and they were issued not only in horizon blue wool, but also in any neutral drab colors of cloth that could be procured. These had long been the mark of the Chasseurs Alpins, who had worn them since 1889, being introduced at a time when they were considered `athletic and hygienic.' Leg wraps became general issue for regular foot troops in October of 1914. Our Puttees are made in our beautiful HB wool and are faithful to the originals in every detail. $19.95 |
