1
2
3
4
5
6 / DARK GREY
BLACK
BLACK
BLACK
BLACK
BLACK / RUSSIAN GREEN
RED
RUSSIAN GREEN
(could also be the same shade of red as the piping)
RUSSIAN GREEN
RUSSIAN GREEN
WHITE / BROWN SERGE
(suggested colour match would be Games Workshop Bestial Brown)
RUSSIAN GREEN
BLACK
RUSSIAN GREEN
TOBACCO BROWN
BLACK / PIKE GREY
(colour similar to that used by Austrian infantry during WW1)
RUSSIAN GREEN
BLACK
WHITE
TOBACCO BROWN
BLACK / RED
RED
CHERRY RED or RASBERRY RED
(The exact shade is not known. A photograph of a uniform in the Shipka Museum in Bulgaria would indicate a slightly pinkish tinge which suggests Raspberry red. However the only references to Bulgarian army uniforms of the period state either Cherry red or red)
RED
GREEN
WHITE
NOTES: 1 – This is a composite colour scheme for Serbian raised Bulgarian volunteers made up of seasonal workers during the Serbo-Turkish war of 1876. 2 – Suggested colour scheme for the Bulgarian volunteers that were raised as part of the Russo-Bulgarian volunteers that fought for the Serbs in 1876. 3- This is the uniform of the Bulgarian Legion during the Russo-Turkish war 1877-78. This unit was equipped with some Russian kit namely greatcoats, therefore these would be of butternut coloured cloth. 4- Another uniform scheme for the Bulgarian Legion based on modern sources which cannot be substantiated with ref to any period text. 5- A suggested scheme for the independent Bulgarian volunteer / militia forces raised during the Russo-Turkish war. It is based on a uniform used during a latter Bulgarian conflict but is referred to as having originated during the RTW. 6- Uniform of the 6tth Bulgarian regiment during the Serbo-Bulgarian war of 1885.
In all instances unless otherwise stated buttons and hat badges were copper. Greatcoats were light-mid grey in colour. Boots were black, it is quite possible that in scheme 1 troops used civilian boots and therefore these may have included varying shades of brown and un-tanned leather. All belts, straps and haversack were of chestnut brown leather. The ammunition pouch modelled on the figures is of Turkish design and would have been of black leather. During summer months white trousers would have been worn in connection with schemes 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Copyright Jeff Bevan and Geoff Coe 01/09/2008 V1