Uniform of the Wards of the French Imperial Guard, 1811-1815. In rifleman's shako with pompon, green coat with yellow piping, breeches and gaiters, armed with musket. Pupilles, Garde Imperiale. Handcoloured woodcut by ABL (Andrew Best Leloir) after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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