Little patches of colour and braid and lace distinguished regiments in almost all armies; the Austrians meticulously differentiated between ten shades of red, including madder, cherry, rose, amaranth, carmine, lobster, scarlet, and wine, …
(John Keegan, The First World War, quoted by James Hillman in A Terrible Love of War)
little patches of braid and lace
12 Tue Sep 2023