| Prince Alberts Revenge | 25 Jan 2022 8:20 p.m. PST |
In Harper's Fighting the French Revolution: The Great Vendée Rising of 1793, he mentioned the Legion Du Norde had light blue coats with green trim and an unusual "Henry IV style hat". What exactly is a Henry IV style hat (I'm imagining a small tophat)? I need to find a good proxy in 10mm. Thanks so much. |
| SHaT1984 | 25 Jan 2022 9:01 p.m. PST |
I've always understood, rightly or not, that it is 'like' those of North Western France (ie Brittany environs) common type of hat- round top and wide floppy brims etc.
These are the types worn by 'the common people and farmers' and later the religeous counter-rev groups.
I think you'll see them in Rev. illustrated books. A pic of him shows it in the Renaissance style:
link , cheers d |
| alan in canberra | 26 Jan 2022 12:57 a.m. PST |
There are pictures of Henri IV on line wearing a top hat reminiscent of that worn by Napoleonic Spanish militia. I would have thought that if the unit wore floppy hats (as did their Vendee opponents) these would not have been described as being unusual. Regards Alan |
| 42flanker | 26 Jan 2022 2:16 a.m. PST |
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| Oliver Schmidt | 26 Jan 2022 2:30 a.m. PST |
I think, in the early 1790s, the "chapeau à la Henri IV" was a kind of cylinder, with an enlarged flap on the left side which was folded up and fixed to the corpus. Here an interpretation of this hat by Bernard Coppens:
from: link |
| von Winterfeldt | 26 Jan 2022 4:53 a.m. PST |
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| Michman | 26 Jan 2022 5:56 a.m. PST |
La Légion du Nord ….
Overview (in French)
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| Prince Alberts Revenge | 26 Jan 2022 7:10 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the assistance gentlemen. Much appreciated. I might have to find some Spanish or Swedish infantry as proxies and do a bit of conversion to get them looking relatively similar. |
79thPA  | 27 Jan 2022 6:35 a.m. PST |
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| Murvihill | 27 Jan 2022 6:37 a.m. PST |
Austrian Jagers may be your go-to for that? |
| Michman | 27 Jan 2022 9:10 a.m. PST |
"I sculpted them like this – Perry plastic conversions" I missed the "I sculpted"and thought them Perry masters or prototypes.
Amazing workmanship !
Thank you for posting the images. |
| Prince Alberts Revenge | 27 Jan 2022 11:27 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the feedback gents. Incredibly valuable. I think I will take Murvihill's advice and use Magister Militum 10mm Austrian jager's as they have bayonets and matching poses. I will paint them up as depicted in the image Michman provided. Very nice sculpting von Winterfeldt. Cheers! |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
