Haerens uniformer i dansketiden (Forsvarsmuseets smaskrift Nr 27)
Haerens uniformer i dansketiden (Forsvarsmuseets smaskrift Nr 27)
Forsvarsmuseet | 1996 | ISBN: 8291218277 | 58 Pages | PDF | 17 MB
This booklet deals with the uniforms of the Norwegian army up til 1814, that is the period when Norway was part of the same kingdom as Denmark, and the short time during 1814 when Norway was entirely independent. The Armed Forces Museum booklet no. 10 by Erik C. Aagaard: Den norske haer i dansketiden - et billedhefte deals with same period. Aagaard's booklet is a more systematic survey of the uniforms of the period, but uses many later reconstructions among the pictures. This booklet focuses on presenting the uniforms as they looked in contemporary pictures, and might therefore be seen as a supplement to Aagaard's booklet. Regarding the structure and organization of the army, I refer the reader to Aagaard's booklet.
Approbation drawings for the uniforms begin to appear some years into the 18th century. From about 1760 they become rather common, and they were also copied and sent to different units and authorities to show how the uniforms should be. When the text mentions copies of approbation drawings, it refers to this kind of contemporary copies.