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Shako of the French Royal Guard as worn from 1816 to 1830 The British pattern "stovepipe" shako was a tall, cylindrical type with a brass badge attached to the front. The stovepipe was used by the infantry of the British Army from around 1799, and its use was continued until the end of the Peninsular War , 1814.
The uniform of the Horse artillery of the line was made of a hussar-style blue coat with red braids, red cuffs and brass buttons. They wore blue piped red hussar-style breeches, black hussar boots and a black shako with red cords and plume. Troopers of the Horse Artillery could wear a simplified version that was very similar to that of the Foot.
4th Hussar Regiment at the Battle of Friedland, 14 June 1807. Vive l'Empereur! by Édouard Detaille, 1891. An officer of the 4th Hussar Regiment in 1840. The 4th Hussar Regiment (4e régiment de hussards) is a hussar regiment in the French Army, raised and embodied in 1783 and still in existence.
French 4th Hussar at the Battle of Friedland, 14 June 1807. Vive l'Empereur! by Édouard Detaille, 1891. French 9th Hussars by Victor Huen. The hussars played a prominent role as cavalry in the Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) and Napoleonic Wars (1803–15). As light cavalrymen mounted on fast horses, they would be used to fight skirmish ...
The Marins (French spelling) of the Grande Armée were divided into the Bataillon des Marins de la Garde Impériale, also known eventually as the Matelots de la Garde, formed on 17 September 1803, and Matelots des Bataillons de la Marine Impériale of which some 32,000 served with the French Navy at its height of expansion by Napoleon. Units of ...
Cylindrical shako worn by French soldiers during the conquest of Algeria. In December 1844, a new black shako was introduced for the French Army, based on the shape of the casquette d'Afrique. This started a series of new shako models over the years, often associated with the glory years of the last Empire of Napoleon III. The new tapered shako ...
The 5th Hussar Regiment was formed under the Ancien Régime.It was the last regiment created under the monarchy. It particularly distinguished itself during the American Revolutionary War.
They wore a shako on their heads, with a death's head badge for the Leib battalion or a hunting horn badge for light infantry. The hussar cavalry were garbed in a black, light blue collared dolman, sometimes with a black pelisse. Black overalls were worn over tight breeches of the hussar style. The hussars also wore a black Shako.