Uniform of a messager d'etat (state messenger)

Uniform of a messager d'etat (state messenger) under the Directory. Each councilor had four messengers who wore white tunic, blue coat and hat with tricolor plumes. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852

Bibliophile Directoire Directory Historiques Lacroix Librairie Messager Messenger Plume Tricolor

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