French 2nd Hussar regiment Vivandiere
c.1854 – Crimean war.
Vivandière or Cantinière were women in the military attached to regiments to provide wine, tobacco, paper, ink and other commodities to the soldiers. They achieved a particularly romanticized status during the Second French Empire due to the increase of their number and the many military campaigns on foreign soil during that era.
Vivandière or cantinière
Women attached to military regiments as sutlers or canteen keepers.
Tonnelet de cantiniere/Vivandières.
Tonnelet de cantiniere/Vivandières.
Cask of Vivandière with imperial eagle.
Les Vivandières de l’Armée française
Tunique de cantinière de chasseurs à pieds de la garde impériale, c.1860.
Tunique de cantinière de chasseurs à pied de la Garde Impériale
Vivandière or cantinière is a French name for women attached to military regiments as sutlers or canteen keepers. Their actual historic function of selling wine to the troops and working in canteens..
Vivandières also served on both sides in the American Civil War.
