"Irish Legion" Topic
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| The Young Guard | 20 Oct 2011 5:36 a.m. PST |
Hi.
What color would the uniform of the Irish Legions musician be? Would it be reversed colors or standard green uniform. |
| Connard Sage | 20 Oct 2011 6:06 a.m. PST |
Do you mean the legion/regiment Irlandais? link
Standard French cut uniform, but in green. |
| Rudysnelson | 20 Oct 2011 6:23 a.m. PST |
Connard great plate. I know you are right about the green for Legion troops. Some of the older examples in books had them in a lighter green. Thanks for a more up to date example. For some reason I thought most drummers wore Imperial green even in French Regular Infantry units but it has been a long time since I researched napoleonics to paint. |
| Connard Sage | 20 Oct 2011 6:30 a.m. PST |
Rudy. Some regiments drummers did (this is 1815 of course, post Restoration) link others didn't link and, per my previous link, in 1813 the regiment Irlandais drummers adopted Imperial livery |
| The Young Guard | 20 Oct 2011 6:50 a.m. PST |
Cheers for the link. From reading Napoleons Light Infantry, musicians were meant to be wearing imperial green from 1812 but this was uncommon. I didn't know if that applied for foreign units as well! |
| von Winterfeldt | 20 Oct 2011 10:21 a.m. PST |
there is a good memoire about this regiment – even in English - Mempoires of Miles Byrne, Paris / New York 1863 you can downlaod it from google books |
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does his research, selects his colors, and goes forth!
