pelt drape for normal legionary?

[P. Clodius Secundus]

What I actually ment in detail was: Would it be okay for a roman legionary in midwinter somewhere in the German woods to wear a pelt drape like Velites would do, but without the head, just consisting of back and legs? Or would he risk severe punishment by his officers, because that might be mistaken for a signifer´s bagde of rank?

Only if it came from the Centurio's favorite girlfriend... oops, I mean sheep. :lol:
Seriously, having worn a fairly large bear pelt through a number of cold New England winter events, I would rather wear my wool cloak. The pelt doesn't help your torso much because it doesn't wrap around your shoulders like a sagum or paenula. The full pelt I wear as a Cornicien does keep the wind off the back of my head and neck (which also makes it hotter than Hades in the summer), but again, I'd rather have a hooded cloak. On the frontiers, a couple of sheep skins sewn together and oiled up with the warm and fuzzy side in would work. I don't know of any historical evidence though.