Uniform of the 2nd Light Cavalry Lancers (Dutch) of the French Imperial Guard, 1810-1815. In Polish shako helmet, red uniform with blue lapels and trim, yellow aiguillettes and epaulettes, armed with sabre and lance. Chevau-Legers Lanciers, Deuxieme Regiment, Garde Imperiale. Handcoloured woodcut by Francois Rouget after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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