"Légère Busby or Colpack Adoption" Topic
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| Incavart77 | 08 Apr 2026 5:47 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know roughly when the Colpack/Busby was first adopted by some French Légère units? Additionally, does anyone know how widespread its use was? Any guidance would be appreciated. |
Frederick  | 08 Apr 2026 7:32 a.m. PST |
I think the first bearskins/colpacks were used by legere carabiniers in 1806 or so and by 1809 the voltigeurs were using them – Oudinot's legere for example – and they were I believe fairly commonly used – in 1812 the Bardin regs officially changed them to shakos |
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