Elbicei Atika. Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, par Jean Brindesi

Plate 9

Eğri? Kalpaklı	Şubara Neferi	Nizam-I Cedid Neferi	Şubara Neferi
Eghri Calpaklissi	Choubara Néféri	Nizami Djedid Néféri	Choubara Néféri
Soldat de la Réforme	Soldat (1ère Réforme)	Soldat (Réforme du Sultan Selim)	Soldat (1ère Réforme du Sultan Mahmoud)
Soldier of the Reform	Soldier (1st Reform)	Soldier (Reform of Sultan Selim)	Soldier (1st Reform of Sultan Mahmoud)

eğri = crooked, kalpak = black hat, şubara = a round-crowned, wadded cap, nizam = rule, cedid = fortunate, nefer = ordinary soldier
Source: Türk Dil Kurumu Sözlükleri

A version from a set of Turkish postcards made in the 1950s.

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