"Uniforms of the Archduke Charle's Legion" Topic
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Tango01  | 24 Jan 2018 4:37 p.m. PST |
Of possible interest? link Amicalement
Armand |
| davbenbak | 26 Jan 2018 7:31 a.m. PST |
Great stuff for those wanting some variety in their Austrian forces. |
| Tango01 | 26 Jan 2018 11:13 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Druzhina | 29 Jan 2018 2:26 a.m. PST |
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 Whirlwind | 29 Jan 2018 2:36 a.m. PST |
Very interesting. But which headgear was worn on which campaigns by which units? |
| Tango01 | 29 Jan 2018 11:17 a.m. PST |
Many thanks!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Prince of Essling | 29 Jan 2018 2:22 p.m. PST |
Allemande's "The Austrian Army 1630-1840" shows the top hat with a white plume worn by the 1800 legion. See second figure from the left as you view: link
Also centre figure at: link
1792 used the casquet – see centre figure at; link
and left hand figure at: link
Enrico Acerbi's articles on the 1809 Austrian army shows the shako see almost at the bottom of the page at: link
Eder's illustrations of Landwehr fro 1809 may include the Legion – see link |
| HappyHussar | 31 Jan 2018 9:35 a.m. PST |
The Austrian army of the First and Second Coalitions offers a wide variety of unit types. Anything from the typical German and Hungarian infantry to hussars, chevaulegers, dragoons, light dragoons, Feld jager, Grenzer units to the myriad of small freikorps formations. Add in those Royalist units and you really get a wide variety to choose from. The French army also for that period had quite a few different units as well – the National Garde (only the War of the First Coalition) came in many flavors. Something like 40+ different uniforms at least for infantry, cavalry and the artillery. Check out the Moselle Legion or other National Garde uniforms for a sample. If I painted miniatures again I would paint those two armies for that time period. |
| Tango01 | 31 Jan 2018 10:51 a.m. PST |
Good choise my friend!. Amicalement
Armand |
| John Edmundson | 31 Jan 2018 8:33 p.m. PST |
"But which headgear was worn on which campaigns by which units?" Hollin's MAA299 says that for 1809 "this Legion wore black shakos (probably corsehuts for the 1st Battalion) with green plumes." The corsehut theory is probably based on the fact that the 1st Battalion was known as the Waltrich Jager and was recruited from hunters and foresters.
Cheers,
John |
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