by Pat Condray
Similar in general to French Cuirassiers. Coats were of dark blue with crimson turnbacks and yellow (rather than the French white) grenades. Collar crimson. In general, yellow or yellow metal for trim where the French cuirassier wore white-i.e., as button and trim color. The shabraques began as French blue with yellow being substituted for white trim (gold for silver.) These were replaced by crimson shabraques trimmed yellow. Trumpeters wore white with crimson facings, etc. Trumpet cords crimson/yellow alternating. Twosquadrons of this regiment were formed with the Saxon cuirassiers in 1812. Back to The Armchair General Vol. 1 No. 5 Table of Contents Back to The Armchair General List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Pat Condray 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 |