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 Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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