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Title
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3rd Honor Guard pelisse, dolman, and shako
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Rights
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Musée de l'Armée, fair use
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Creator
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France
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Date
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1812-1814
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Description
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Following the heavy losses during the Russian campaign (1813) where many Imperial Guard were killed, Napoleon looked to civilians and lower nobility who were trained on horses to supplement the Imperial Calvary. Napoleon formed the 3rd Honor Guard regiment in 1813, they had several successful campaigns including Leipzig (1813) and Reim (1814). Following Napoleon's exile to the Island of Elba, King Louis XVIII disbanded the guard, and absorbed some of the troops into his personal bodyguard.
The dolman edged with black sheepskin fur and white braids, there are eighteen rows of silver buttons, and eighteen white braids across the chest and pelisse. The red shako with a red pom-pom has a hussar cord draped across the front of the and side of the shako with a silver French eagle on the front.
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Format
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Woolen cloth
Fur
Cotton
Metal
Height in m: 0.49
Shoulder width in m: 0.23
Neck height in m: 0.09
Sleeve length in m: 0.73
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Publisher
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Musée de l'Armée, Paris France
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Contributor
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Timothy Jackson
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Identifier
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Musée de l'Armée, 02022
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Subject
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Napoleonic Wars; France; 1800s;19th Century; Officer; military; uniform; hussar
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Source
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Jpeg files, https://basedescollections.musee-armee.fr/ark:/66008/02022?posInSet=52&queryId=09a4f4eb-e407-4ff7-a553-1362f5a1bc18
