Original French WWI Rare Enlisted M1915 Horizon Blue Wool Greatcoat - Named to 51st Regiment Poilu Royal Air Force This revolver looks to have

This revolver looks to have been custom ordered through Woodward

The rear of the post card it has the following information regarding the picture:

Despite appearing to be a standard General's Class-A uniform set

The regiment's history began in 1678

With the advance slower than had been planned

Original French WWI Rare Enlisted M1915 Horizon Blue Wool Greatcoat - Named to 51st Regiment Poilu Royal Air Force This revolver looks to haveOriginal Item: Only One Available. Few garments are more immediately identified with the French Poilu of WWI than the long Horizon Blue wool greatcoat, or capote, and original enlisted examples that actually show the hard use of the trenches have become exceptionally difficult to find. Introduced as France abandoned the conspicuous dark blue coats and red trousers of 1914, the Horizon Blue uniform became the defining appearance of the French soldier