Uniforms of French Imperial Guard rifleman and skirmisher regiments, 1804-1814. In shako, blue coats with red or green epaulettes, breeches and gaiters, armed with muskets. Tirailleur et Voltigeur, Garde Imperiale. Handcoloured woodcut by Nicolas Barbant  after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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