Soldiers of the 1st Swiss Regiment, French Imperial Army, in combat. In bearskin, red coat and epaulettes, breeches and gaiters, arrmed with musket. Swiss mercenary regiment from 1803-1815. Regiment Suisses, Grenadiers, 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Francois Rouget after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.
Soldiers of the 1st Swiss Regiment, French Imperial Army, in combat. In bearskin, red coat and epaulettes, breeches and gaiters, arrmed with musket. Swiss mercenary regiment from 1803-1815. Regiment Suisses, Grenadiers, 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Francois Rouget after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.