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Originally Posted by grenadierguardsman
Just found this Toby. Its from British Infantry Uniform since 1660 by Michael Barthorp. Cpl Grenadier Guards 1838, i believe that underneath the Fur cover is a Grenade.
Andy
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Brilliant stuff Andy, I know that image and had forgotten that it showed the peaked forage cap in use for all ranks at that time. I agree that there is almost certainly a brass badge (they were not GM then but a very yellow, so-called 'candlestick brass') under the fur, just as in the pictures in the drawings above.
This shows that unlike the line, Foot Guards had two patterns of undress cap, a forage cap (stiffened and set up with a metal badge) and a field cap (cloth and stowed in personal equipment).