"Pom-Poms on Napoleonic shakos" Topic
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| McSorley | 17 Oct 2009 6:03 a.m. PST |
Here's a question from a napoleonic newbie. Did French infantry 1806-1813 have different colored pom-poms on their shakos within the same unit. And why? Thanks |
| colbert | 17 Oct 2009 6:26 a.m. PST |
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| Waco Joe | 17 Oct 2009 6:46 a.m. PST |
Here is a brief explanation: link |
| Stephens123 | 17 Oct 2009 6:52 a.m. PST |
McSorley here is a good wikipedia site: link French Battalions were organized into 6 companies after 1808 (4 fusiler, one voltigeur, and a grenadier) Each of the fusiler companies had a differnt colored pom pom (first green, second sky blue, third orange and the fourth violet)
The grenadiers wore red plumes and voltigeurs wore yellow over green plumes. Mark |
| DeanMoto | 17 Oct 2009 7:58 a.m. PST |
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| rmaker | 17 Oct 2009 12:10 p.m. PST |
voltigeurs wore yellow over green plumes Or green over yellow, or some other combination involving green and/or yellow with yet another color, depending on the regiment. Yellow over green is the regulation scheme and was used by most regiments, but even there, the proportions varied a lot, if contemporary artists can be believed. |
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