Category: Black History Month

By the way, the impressive hats worn by the British “Guard” Regiments were picked-up from the battlefield of Waterloo in 1815 – acquired from the POWs, (and the dead and wounded bodies) of Napoleon’s “Imperial Guard”. The originals were literally made of bear-skin – but modern replicas are synthetic. Napoleon’s “Grande Armee” possessed a Socialistic structure (once a month there was a general welfare meetings where all ranks were null and void for one hour and all present could speak on equal terms as men) – with each man (from the humblest to the highest) given the best uniform money could buy. The Imperial Guard was the best of the best – but they came unstuck at Waterloo when confronting the English working-class scum that formed Wellington’s Line Infantry. Once the Napoleonic metal plates were removed – the British Regiments were permitted to wear these hats whilst on parade. The common Line Infantry Regiments were promoted into elite “Guards” formations. Ironically, Prussia, (under Prince Blucher), was on the side of the British that day at Waterloo. The UK also possessed Black soldiers from Nassau.