Did the Cavalry use Breast Collars?
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- You may have seen them at modern reenactments, documentaries, or even some period images; but how common was it for cavalry troopers to use a breast collar? Join us in diving into the research!
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Officers typically came from the moneyed class and very well might buy the breast collar just because they liked the look. Junior enlisted men, on the other hand, didn't have money to spend on vanity items and if it wasn't issued they just wouldn't have it. If they had a genuine need for a breast collar (a horse upon which the saddle tends to slip backward) they'd improvise something, hence the use of the surcingle.
I’d been told they were not used, it’s good to hear a thorough explanation.
Great info and research! Thanks!
Thank god. A new 11th OVC episode. Perfect timing for a distraction from the cesspool of social media, XXOO
Lol! Right?!
We've found two heart martingales in a cavalry camp in Missouri that was used by General Samuel Curtis on his way to the battle of Pea Ridge.
It'd be cool to expand your channel ever so slightly into the post-war years especially for topics such as this, as it'd be interesting to know the status of the breast collar amongst cavalry during the Indian Wars and western expansion. I can see their absence in the Civil War due to supply scarcity and fighting/ traveling upon established low-grade routes and open terrain. However in the steeper, longer, more rugged, less established American west and the relatively faster-paced battles of the Indian Wars, I can see them being of great necessity, just as they're still necessary today. I work cows 6 days a week in the Rockies, and a day without a breast collar would be a bad day for me and horse alike.
Your one early photo with the trooper equipped with a valise and brass stirrups - that's a Grimsley set, so you should expect the breaststrap. I have a copy of a image that shows three troopers (probably mid- to late-war) using common civilian design straps, with simple metal ring at the center. Quite a lot of older equipment was resurrected and fielded in the early years by both sides, so you should expect to see this older stuff being found by relic hunters. The only real reason for many folks that have these - they look cool, and they 'wanna'. Be an American, enjoy your freedom! 😃
Great video Steve, interesting bit of history. I enjoy the blooper at the end especially.
So I take it the numerous brass US hearts dug in camps came from officer saddles?
Good information, except you never mentioned what a brest collar was for, and in your opinion, was it needed or not and why.
Good luck on getting Reenactors to not use breast collars. Great video! Thanks
The breast collar popped up in post ww2 Constabulary horse platoons in Germany and Austria. i0.wp.com/usconstabulary.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3-constab-horses.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1