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Horse carabinier's uniform before 1809 Horse carabinier as of 1809. The corps of Carabiniers was a group of heavy cavalry originally created by Louis XIV.From 1791 to 1809, their uniforms consisted of a blue coat with a blue piped red collar, red cuffs, lapels and turnbacks with white grenades, red epaulettes with edged white straps, red cuff flaps for the 1st Regiment, blue piped red for the ...
The military household of the king of France, was the military part of the French royal household or Maison du Roi. The term only appeared in 1671, though such a gathering of military units pre-dates this. Two large foot regiments of the military household participated in the campaigns of the army; the French Guards Regiment and the Swiss Guards.
The French Revolutionary Army ( French: Armée révolutionnaire française) was the French land force that fought the French Revolutionary Wars from 1792 to 1802. In the beginning, the French armies were characterised by their revolutionary fervour, their poor equipment and their great numbers. However, the French Revolutionary Army had become ...
Uniforms of Musketeers of the Guard, 1660-1814. Shortly after the Musketeers were established, a second company was founded to report to Cardinal Richelieu. At the cardinal's death in 1642, the company passed to his successor Cardinal Mazarin, who disbanded his Musketeers in 1646. He revived the Musketeers in 1657 with a company of 150 men.
French Army kepi. 1942 portrait of General Charles de Gaulle of the Free French Forces wearing a kepi. The kepi ( English: / ˈkɛpiː / or / ˈkeɪpiː /) is a cap with a flat circular top and a peak, or visor. In English, the term is a loanword from French: képi, itself a re-spelled version of the Alemannic German: Käppi, a diminutive form ...
v. t. e. The military of New France consisted of a mix of regular soldiers from the French Army ( Carignan-Salières Regiment) and French Navy ( Troupes de la marine, later Compagnies Franches de la Marine) supported by small local volunteer militia units ( Colonial militia ). [1] Most early troops were sent from France, but localization after ...
A scarlet tunic worn by a warrant officer of the Welsh Guards. Reenactors in the red-coated uniform of the 33rd Regiment of Foot as worn during the Napoleonic Wars between 1812 and 1816. Note the brighter scarlet of the officer on the right, as well as his crimson sash. Red coat, also referred to as redcoat or scarlet tunic, is a military ...
U. Uniforms of La Grande Armée. Categories: Military uniforms. Military equipment of France. French clothing.