Carabinier Officer’s Helmet and Cuirass, 1811.
Sapper’s axe of the Sapeurs de la Garde Impériale
Manufactured in France c.1810′s for Napoléon’s imperial guard.
Sappers in the Napoleonic era were specialized infantrymen equipped with a heavy axe, thick leather gloves and apron, and an equally thick beard. This last privilege was granted to them due to the inherent risks linked to their job of clearing the enemy’s static defenses ahead of their main forces.
Sapper’s axe of the Sapeurs de la Garde Impériale
Manufactured in France c.1810′s for Napoléon’s imperial guard.
Sappers in the Napoleonic era were specialized infantrymen equipped with a heavy axe, thick leather gloves and apron, and an equally thick beard. This last privilege was granted to them due to the inherent risks linked to their job of clearing the enemy’s static defenses ahead of their main forces.
Helmet of Empresses Dragoons, Model 1806, First Empire.
joyeux Noël
joyeux Noël
OFFICER SHAKO OF THE 94TH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY OF LINE, MODEL 1810, FIRST EMPIRE.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleone di Buonaparte
Napoleon I
Emperor of the French
King of Italy
Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine
(August 15, 1769 – August 15, 2017)
Happy 249th birthday, Sir!
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleone di Buonaparte
Napoleon I
Emperor of the French
King of Italy
Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine
(August 15, 1769 – August 15, 2017)
Happy 249th birthday, Sir!