"Old Glory 15mm French Cav Questions" Topic

Hello, all,

Looking at the Old Glory 15mm Napoleonic French Cavalry listing, I see that they have cavalry listed as being in "service dress" and "campaign dress," the distinction between the two is not evident to me (and there are no pictures, of course, to illustrate).

If someone out there could either by way of image or description tell me the difference between the following, I'd appreciate it:

FMD03 Dragoon, service dress charging
FMD04 Dragoon, campaign dress charging

As long as I'm at it, what is the difference between

FMC02 Cuirassier, full dress reserve and
FMC5 Cuirassier in reserve?

Finally, I know what full dress means, but what their interpretation of "service" dress for hussars and chausseurs entails on the figure would also be helpful.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Best,

Ed M

Service vs Campaign dress:

Service, aka By the Regs, or Full Dress (all the bells and whistles for parade)

Campaign is more Day to Day with a mix of soft caps, Shako/helmet covers and other gear.

Reserve is more a resting pose.

Thanks, Saber6,

The mater of degree between campaign and service makes sense (hopefully, the logic holds for the models!).

Both cuirassiers are listed as in reserve. I'm guessing that the one that is not specified in full rig would be in some version of the service uniform.

Best,
Ed M

The Cuirassier offerings are as follows:

FMC02 – full dress reserve
FMC03 – service dress charging
FMC04 – full dress charging
FMC5 – in reserver (I *think* in service dress)

Service dress will be stripped of the overly dressy stuff, campaign dress will include non-regulation variants including extra bags, canteens, etc, full dress is will, full dress, parade like.

Charging is a mix of sabers forward or in the air. Reserve is sabers at rest on the shoulder.

Cheers,

The Bandit

you have :

Full Dress – As if on Parade

Service Dress – Active service dress, many times minus some things like plumes, cords etc…

Campaign Dress – Oil Skin coverings for heargear, overcoats against the weather or simply hardier thicker dress which is much simpler of design and make-up to stand up to the rigors of campaigning.

Reserve – As said above, men sitting or standing in reserve awaiting orders in the rear areas to go into combat and engage the enemy.

Regards,
Shane

P.S.

Napoleon often made his men appear for battle in "Full Dress" especially the Guard, to impress the enemy with their appearance. Kind of like intimidation.

Shane

From memory, with OG figures, campaign dress means that some figures will have the oilskin cover over the shako and the plume removed. Also, I belive with the cavalry, they are all wearing the cavalry overall pants (button downs the outside seam) instead of the dress pants (no buttons, leg stripe).