Life Guard

Friday 19 June 2009
by frederic pouvesle

All the versions of this article: [English] [français]


JPEG - 128.5 kb

Guards

  • Single breasted short tailed yellow coat. Black collar. Front of coat laced by a white and black chequered livery lace. Black cloth sash. Black rounded cuffs with livery lace. Yellow turnbacks laced black. Black cloth supravest with livery lace around collar, arms and waist bearing on breast and back a silver six pointed star with gold centre embroidered with royal cipher.
    From 1809, the first dress becomes the parade dress. The campaign dress is the same than the Horse Grenadiers one.
  • White breeches. Black high cuffed boots.
  • Helmet with polished steel crown bearing brass royal arms and strengthening. Polished steel comb with black wool caterpillar. White plume. Polished steel peak with brass strengthening and brass chinscales.
    From 1809, in campaign dress same bearskin than the Horse Grenadiers.
  • White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch, cover bordered by white metal and bearing a white metal shield star stamped with crowned royal cipher. Straight bladed sabre with 3 bars iron hilt bearing brass royal arms and iron scabbard. Black leather sabre strap.
  • German saddle. Yellow cloth schabraque and holster cover with livery lace and black crowned royal cipher embroidery in rear corners.

NCOs
Silver lace on forward and lower sides of collar and on cuffs. White plume with black base.

Officers
Troopers’ dress with chequered lace replaced by silver embroidery lace. Wide silver silk sash with national colours (yellow, red and black) embroideries worn over supravest. Helmet and all white metal ornaments become silver or silvered. Sabre strap with silver tassel.

Trumpeters
NCO’s laces on collar and cuffs. Black swallow nests with silver lace.


Agenda

<<

2012

>>

<<

Mai

>>

Aujourd'hui

LuMaMeJeVeSaDi
30123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031123
Aucun évènement à venir les 6 prochains mois