Captain Potzdorf and Colonel Bulow (the commander of the Prussian regiment into which Barry was pressed), wear mustaches. No officers in the Prussian army wore facial hair, with the exception of hussar (light cavalry) officers. Facial hair fell out of fashion for gentlemen (and therefore, officers, who were considered gentlemen), from the end of the 17th century until after the beginning of the 19th. Mustaches became common in the German army only after that time.
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