xiii) Gendarmeria Coat The coat was a dark blue habit coat with amaranth collar, pointed lapels, pointed cuffs and, for the foot companies, epaulettes with amaranth and white straps. The turnbacks were also amaranth and carried white metal grenade badges. All buttons were white metal. The waistcoat was white and the mounted companies wore white trefoil epaulettes with aiguillettes on the left shoulder. In undress, a dark blue surtout could be wom. This had a dark blue collar and cuffs. these being piped in amaranth, and amaranth turnbacks. Trousers In full dress, white breeches were worn, the foot troops wearing gaiters and the mounted heavy cavalry boots. In undress, dark blue breeches could be worn. Headgear The full dress bicorne was trimmed with silver and sported an amaranth plume and a coclvatle. the latter held in place by a silver strap. The undress version was untrimmed and lacked the plume. Equipment The foot companies carried grenadier pattern equipment, the cartridge pouch bearing a brass grenade and the sabre an amaranth strap while the greatcoat was dark blue. The mounted companies were equipped with a brass hilled, straight bladed sabre, this having an amaranth strap and a steel scabbard. In addition, the same cartridge pouch was carried as by the foot companies, as was a dragoon pattern musket. All belts were white leather with brass fittings. The horse furniture consisted of a dark blue saddle cloth trimmed in silver and edged in amaranth, as were the portmanteau and the round ended holster covers while the cape was dark blue with an amaranth collar. All leatherware on the horse was hlack with white metal fittings. Officers' Uniforms No information is available. Musicians Again, no information can be found. This wraps up my series on the Neapolitan Artillery. If anyone has any further information I would he happy to hear from you, especially if you are interested in forming a study group on the Tolentino Campaign of 1815. Hopefully, the next series will be on the Bourbon army of the Two Sicilies 1800-1815 and the Sardinian Army of 1815. Bibliography Aloja. Gennaro. Gli Uniformi che vistiva l'Armata Napolitana nel 1815. Napoli 1852 Brandani, M. Uniformi Militari Italiane Crociani, P and Fiorentino, M. dell'Ottocento: Periodo Napoleonico, Rome 1987 Brandani, M & Crociani, P. La cavalleria di Linea di Murat 1808-15. Rome 1978 Brandani, M & Crociani, P. L'Escercito Napoletano 1806-15: Fanteria di linea. Milan 1987 Cortese, N. L'Escercito Napoletano Nelle Guerre Napoleoniche. Rome 1928 Also: Uniforms of the Neapolitan Army Reformed in 1812. The Ricciardi Collection. The Uniform Plate Collection. All of the collection of the Museo San Martino Naples. The staff of which I have to thank for their unending patience and assistance. More Uniforms of the Neapolitan Army 1806-1815 Part 1: Line Infantry Part 1: Light Infantry Part 2: Cavalry Part 2: Artillery Part 3: Guard Infantry Part 3: Guard Cavalry Part 3: Guard Artillery Part 4: Naples City Guard Part 4: Provincial Legions Part 4: Provincial Companies Part 4: Cacciatori Volontari dei Tre Abruzzi Part 4: Internal Security Guards Part 4: Gendarmeria Back to Table of Contents -- First Empire #16 Back to First Empire List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by First Empire. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com