Uniform of the French Elite Gendarmes, Napoleonic era

Uniform of the French Elite Gendarmes cavalry regiment, Napoleonic era. In plumed bearskin helmet, blue coat with red lapels, buff breeches, boots, armed with sabre. Gendarme d'Elite, Garde Imperiale. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi and Domenico Cuciniello after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomte's Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820

1825 Blue Coat Domenico Cuciniello First Empire Hippolyte Lecomte Italian Edition Lorenzo Bianchi Napoleonic Era Sabre

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