Uniform of the French Horse Chasseurs, 1st Regiment, 1812. In shako, green coat with red collar, cuffs and turnbacks, breeches and boots, armed with sabre. Mouton shabrack. Chasseur a cheval, 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Andrew Best Leloir after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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