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First of all, let me apologize for my lack of French. I am adequate at reading French but not yet in writing.

I am looking for information and photographs of single breasted kaki capotes issued to Zouaves et Tirailleurs. I believe capotes in kaki "moutarde" were first issued to Zouaves et Tirailleurs in January, 1916. Most of these were double breasted and identical to the horizon bleu capotes worn by the line infantry. However, there appears to have been a rare single breasted pattern. Does anyone have any information on this pattern capote?

An original example is worn in Militaria Magazine issue 88, and I have seen a few other photographic examples. I would like to know if there are more out there.

Here is an example of one:
http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/ima ... lgium-1916

Merci,

Sam

Bonsoir et bienvenue Sam,

Pour une première approche, voir les sujets suivants :

▪ « L'invention du camouflage. »

—> pages1418/forum-pages-histoire/autre/ca ... 2148_1.htm

▪ « Les procédés de teinture des tissus et toiles à usage militaire. »

—> pages1418/forum-pages-histoire/autre/pr ... 2150_1.htm

Rutilius,

Forgive my late response and thank you for these links. They are very informative.

Merci,

Sam