The first hussar regiment in the French army was the Hussars-Royaux (Royal Hussars), raised from Hungarian deserters in 1692. Napoleon experimented with a few units by reintroducing white coats with facings of different colours specific to each unit (reminiscent of the old Royal army's coats), but these proved unpopular. Have a look at our three albums showing the uniform before, during and after the conservation work by textile expert Raphaëlle Déjean. Tratta anche le armi, gli equipaggiamenti, le tattiche, le strategie e lo svolgimento delle battaglie.

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.K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University, Rhode Island, so it is quite a coup to be able to select 101 for this book. Officers wore silver buttons and lace, gilded brass on their helmets, a turban of leopard fur (usually an imitation) that often went over the visor, and white plumes for the senior officers.

The book's main focus is the soldiers who fought the historic battles of the day, and the uniforms they wore. Part Three shows the commonalties of the infantry and considers the uniform appropriate to each regiment, such as those of the Drummers and Highland Regiments, as well as their tartans. All is presented in full colour and very clear designs to see with absolute clarity the important regimental facings differentials etc. Made from rifle green wool with black facings and finished with 1/2" pewter buttons, fully lined in black cotton. Period 'Housewife' includes period pack of needles and some buttons, hand made in period cloths, no two the same.Our speciality is to share these items with you when the occasion appears, in the form of PROMOTIONS, of sale of ANTIQUITIES or OCCASIONS. These persons are very efficient using internet, but quality of their work is not at the same level, and you are not sure to get the fruit of your money. The main difference to separate regiments using this uniform was the buttons stamped with regimental symbols or numbers. Without dust jacket, cloth binding faded and slightly stained, parts of dust jacket and about 20 additional pictures pasted in both volumes.