Uniform of Napoleon's elite infantry, the Grenadiers

Uniform of a soldier in Napoleon's elite line infantry, the Grenadiers. In bearskin with brush, backpack, blue coat with white lapels, breeches, gaiters, armed with musket and sword. Grenadier a pied, ex-Garde. 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 Backpack Blue Coat Breeches Domenico Cuciniello Elite Ex-garde First Empire Gaiters Grenadiers Hippolyte Lecomte Italian Edition Lorenzo Bianchi Musket Napoleonic Era

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