Christian Tolkien (1706-1791) in the artillery uniform

For further reading see:

• "Tolkien's ancestor was a Feuerwercker or an ordnance technician (1770)"
• "Christian Tolkien i John Benjamin Tolkien. Życiorysy uzupełnione",
• "Towarzysze Christiana Tolkiena.  Kompania Artylerii Garnizonu Gdańskiego (1735–1755)", 
• "Ogniomistrz Tolkien. Christian Tolkien (1706–1791) w Garnizonie Gdańskim"

Would you like to see how the uniform of J. R. R. Tolkien's great-great-great-grandfather looked? How Christian Tolkien (1706-1791) looked as an artillerist of the Garnison Danzig (Gdańsk Garrison)? Mr Jan Czop prepared this drawing with the Gdańsk uniforms (Gdańsk soldiers served their town and served Polish kings):

Drawing by Jan Czop
On the left a cannonier from the Company of Artillery in Gdańsk (1752)

Drawing by Jan Czop

For the Facebook page of today's Gdańsk Garrison see here. Gdańsk has a wonderful reconstruction group. See the photos:

Photo by Garnizon Gdańsk

Photo by Garnizon Gdańsk

Photo by Garnizon Gdańsk