The typical uniform of the Hungarian hussar was brilliantly coloured and was imitated in other European armies. It consisted of a busby, or a high, cylindrical cloth cap; a jacket with heavy braiding; and a dolman, or pelisse, a loose coat worn hanging from the left shoulder. Several ...
A PRUSSIAN ARMORIAL PLATE CIRCA 1750-56 The complex coat-of-arms of Hohenzollern for Frederick the Great shown encircled by the collar and badge of the Order of the Black Eagle and flanked by a pair of 'savages' holding pennants 9 in. (22.9 cm.) diameter ...
there is not much of the cavalryman about you. Your accountrements are clean and you handle your arms perfectly but - have a fiercer eye, man ! Stare me down ! Terrify me, if you can !" Parquin - "Napoleon's Victories" p 23 . Introduction: Cavalry. The word Cavalry comes ...
While papers based on the imaging, drug-delivery and absorbing properties of PB nanoparticles have appeared and have been reviewed in the past decades, a very recent interest is flourishing with the use of PB nanoparticles as photothermal agents in biomedical applications. This review summarizes the...
The bullock-waggon stood by on the path, the men in their blue shirts, the women with white cloths over their heads carried hay in their arms to the cart, all brilliant and distinct upon the shorn, glowing green acres. He felt himself looking out of darkness on to the glamorous85, ...