"Old Guard on the March" Topic
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19 Jul 2019 7:14 p.m. PST by Editor in Chief Bill
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Tango01 | 19 Jul 2019 4:20 p.m. PST |
"Napoleon's Imperial Guard need no introduction from us, and had been modelled many times before the release of this set. The appearance and reputation of the Guard is well-known, but what is perhaps less well-known is the great speed with which the Guard could march. The Old Guard tended to be close to the emperor, so sometimes they needed to move quickly to keep up with him, particularly if he left for a campaign just before it was to start. Sometimes they might have carriages or wagons in which to travel, but often the ground had to be covered quickly by marching, and it was said there were none to match the Guard. In any event Napoleon's Old Guard followed him across much of Europe, mostly on foot, so a set such as this is a natural addition to the range. Every man here is in winter campaign uniform, as they all wear a greatcoat, double-breasted and about knee-length, with fringed epaulettes on the shoulders. However we were surprised to see four of the poses with the skirts buttoned back to reveal the knees, in a style familiar in later decades but not so for the Napoleonic period. We found very little evidence that this actually happened, although as usual that does not mean that it did not. We found no evidence for the buttons these flaps are using, but there are images of skirts held back like this, so perhaps this was done more often than we might think…"
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Amicalement Armand
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deadhead | 20 Jul 2019 4:02 a.m. PST |
Great review as they always are in this series. I think I must have read them all and never cease to be amazed at what they notice and which leaves me thinking "Oh, yeah. Why did I not notice that?" (GRIN) What would we do without him?
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Tango01 | 20 Jul 2019 12:09 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
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