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[Dibble201Bty]

Paul

[Grand Maréchal]

My Schapska
trompette de chevau-légers lanciers polonais de la Garde

[Grand Maréchal]

[Von Richter]

Always wondered where you might glean a full size repro French Heavy Cavalry helmet?

[ivopreda]

Only for the officers. Leopard were hard to find.

For the others this was made of Porbeagle' s skin or printed cow skin.

Source:

http://forum.napoleon1er.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21999

high rank officers can use good Panther skin, low level officer frequently used small pieces of skin sewed togheter. The used normally the scrap parts of the skin.

[ChasseurMarion]

@ ivopreda:

I agree, definitely by Dragon de Ligne. But I saw at Musée de l'Armée two dragoon helmets with - what appeared to be leopard - at a closer look it was only painted like one. What about the Dragons de l'Impératrice?


@ Grand Maréchal:

Beautiful. Just…WOW. I like the uniforms of chevau-légers lanciers polonais de la Garde very, very much. Anyone else hearing playing Marsz trębaczy right now??

[PhilinYuma]

@ ivopreda:

I agree, definitely by Dragon de Ligne. But I saw at Musée de l'Armée two dragoon helmets with - what appeared to be leopard - at a closer look it was only painted like one. What about the Dragons de l'Impératrice?


@ Grand Maréchal:

Beautiful. Just…WOW. I like the uniforms of chevau-légers lanciers polonais de la Garde very, very much. Anyone else hearing playing Marsz trębaczy right now??

Yes, the same has been said of British saddle cloths (e.g. the Marquess of Anglesey). No one seemed to care much if they were real or fake.
Cheers,
Phil

[ChasseurMarion]

@ PhilinYuma

Makes sense...I mean, the budget has been always an issue, now or back then.

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[ivopreda]

@ ivopreda:

I agree, definitely by Dragon de Ligne. But I saw at Musée de l'Armée two dragoon helmets with - what appeared to be leopard - at a closer look it was only painted like one. What about the Dragons de l'Impératrice?

the Empresse Dragoon were raised inside the guard and have a special attention from Napoleon, anything can be excluded but probably, at least at the beginning, they had low quality panther skin

[ewpeyia]

Waterloo Uniforms

Waterloo Uniform paintings by David Higham, I hope you like them.

Ed

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[dgfred]

Nice .

[ewpeyia]

Uniform mixture

Some plates of various uniforms, I don't think they have been previously posted.
Ed
1801 Egypt http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forum...1&d=1423669761
1801-02 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forum...1&d=1423669761
1807-12 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forum...1&d=1423669761
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1808-14 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forum...1&d=1423669761
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[ewpeyia]

Uniform mixture

One more. 1801-02

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forum...1&d=1423684623

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One more. 1801-02

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forum...1&d=1423684623

thank you for these nice pictures !!!! especialy for the first four.....