Aug 22, 2024 · Using archive records to ‘set the record straight’, as well as contemporary illustrations and original items of uniforms, the author sets out to describe the uniform of every …

The lace color of all cuirassier regiments was white (silver for officers). Button color of all cuirassier regiments was white metal tin (silver for officers). Jackets for all regiments was dark …

Jul 24, 2020 · For example, in Napoleonic France, where cuirasses were worn not only by cuirassiers themselves, but also by carabinieri, unlike Russian, black, painted ones, there …

muskets be distributed to the Cuirassier and Carabinier units in preparation for the upcoming campaign in Russia. The Carabinier units had given up their firearms in the early years of the …

The senior branch was the “Cavalry Legère” which despite the description was essentially ‘Heavy’ Cavalry’ and had become Cuirassiers by the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The uniforms were …

Following regimental tradition, this French Carabinier officer’s cuirass is decorated with a sun motif made of silver fixed by means of a brass star. The shoulder parts comprise fasteners …

French cuirassier, circa 1812.

Thousands of muskets, carbines and sabres were shipped from Great Britain to finance the Prussia's war effort against Napoleon. Only the cuirassier and dragoon regiments were entitled …

In 1798, there were 12 units of Cuirassiers in the Austrian Army dressed in the familiar white coats, front plate only cuirass, and crested helmets. The crests of the helmets became taller …

For the first time, this unique series of books discusses the wide ranging 1806 uniform regulation and the more famous Bardin regulation which applied to all arms of the Army and explores the …

1 day ago · They played a crucial role in the Napoleonic wars too, which saw up to 80 hussar regiments from 20 different states confronting one another. Enemies on the battlefield, French, …