Musketeer and infantry officer in the 16th century. According to Willemin’s book.
Tag: French military uniforms
Costume Militaire. Guillaume de Bibra. 15ème siècle.
L’armure et les armes offensives de Guillaume de Bibra offrent de nouveaux détails sur les guerriers du XVe siècle.
Voltigeur. Infanterie légère d’une compagnie de voltigeurs (Mexique).
Infanterie légère d’une compagnie de voltigeurs (Mexique). The French intervention in Mexico was an intervention of France in the internal affairs of Mexico.
Gens de Trait. Archer and Crossbowman 1350 to 1380s.
Soldiers of the middle ages. An archer and crossbowman (Arbalète) attack a fortress castle.
War invalid in 1850. Second French Republic.
Invalide de Guerre en 1850. Deuxième République française.
Garde royal. Grenadier à Cheval. 2e Régiment 1825.
The Grenadiers à cheval de la Garde impériale were a regiment of heavy cavalry belonging to the Garde impériale of the First Empire.
Light infantry of the Imperial Guard (Napoleon 1st, 1809).
Infanterie légère de la Garde Impériale (Napoléon 1er,1809). Voltigeur. Carabinier.
Guard of the king. The Corps of the 200 Gentlemen. France 1570.
Garde du Roi, Corps des 200 Gentilshommes. Guard of the king. The Corps of the 200 Gentlemen. France Military 1570.
Timbalier, Horse drummer. (XVIIth century). Reign of Louis XIV.
Timbalier, Tambour à Cheval. (XVIIe siècle). Règne de Louis XIV. Gravure extraite de l’ouvrage de H. Gourdon de Genouillac.
Knight of Saint-Louis in 1639 and Dairywoman in 1680.
The Order of Saint Louis was founded on April 5, 1693 by King Louis XIV. Of France and awarded for military merit.
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu.
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style. Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. “Some books just scream out to be bought; this is one of them.” ― Vogue.com