by Paul L. Dawson
Top: 1er Eclaireurs. Officer, trumpeter and sergent of old guard company, full dress. Trumpeters appear to have worn the same uniform as worn by the Gardes d’Honneur. Other sources ascribe a red plume and red bodied shako for the other ranks. Bottom: 1er Eclaireurs. Old Guard company, service dress, trooper and trumpeter and young guard trooper and trumpeter full dress. 1er Eclaireurs. Old Guard company officer in petit tenue and trumpeter in alternative field service dress. 2eme Eclaireurs. Field service dress for Trumpeter, Officer and brigadier. 3eme Eclaireurs. Trumpeter Full and service dress, and trooper full dress. Eclaireurs de la Garde Imperial
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