Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
I have no clue about the University of Iowa, but I am fairly certain that the Scottish regiments in the late 1800s and early 1900s had adapted a sort of colour code for their flashes. I can't claim to know the particulars, but I remember hearing about it in a demonstration from a gentleman who always does a WWI "living history" demonstration at our local Highland Games. He goes into a lot of detail on the uniform, equipment, weaponry, etc. And I could swear he mentioned something about the colour of the flashes being related to the type of service or the role of the person wearing them. As in, riflemen wore red, others wore green or yellow (???).

Perhaps someone else here knows those rules, or could correct me if my memory is completely mistaken?
Can't say I've ever heard that one; facings (collar and cuffs) colours on military tunics did serve that purpose; the Childers Reforms of 1881 (which attempted to force all Scottish regiments to wear the Government Sett) did standardise them with Scottish regiments wearing yellow facings and "Royal" regiments (The Royal Highland Regiment) wearing dark blue. That may be what this gentlemen was describing.

T.