Author Topic: 18th century French soldiers, pre-Revolution  (Read 4303 times)

Offline BlackPearl2006

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Re: 18th century French soldiers, pre-Revolution
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2011, 02:06:52 »
Not true! I have found paintings form the time period
(while researching the Austrian Succession)
Of French regiments in blue. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/The_Battle_of_Fontenoy_1745.png

cool!  awesome find!

 the hard part about researching details for historic uniforms is the designs differ from even one year to the next, and even within affiliations there are so many variations and styles.  It's hard to make blanket generalizations about exactly how one nation's uniform looked at a particular place and time.  Even within regiments they varied, and even between soldiers, each one may vary depending on how each soldier may have personalized their own uniforms.  Not to mention this all happened centuries ago, so short of exact records (or talking to a highlander who is still alive to confirm it) it's difficult to know every detail for sure.
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Re: 18th century French soldiers, pre-Revolution
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2011, 18:54:04 »
I believe that variations in uniform between soldiers in a company, and even in regiments, became increasingly less common.
Especially by the Napoleonic period, but even before that, during the wars in the 1700s.

However, each regiment did wear a slightly different uniform then the other regiments.
They would have different cuffs and collars, sometimes they would go so far as to add something different to the uniform.
But these were intentional,
Whereas it was punishable if your uniform was not the same as your company's.
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Re: 18th century French soldiers, pre-Revolution
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2011, 19:07:02 »
I found more about the French army pre revolution.

http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/FRENCH_ARMY.htm#_under_Louis_XIV_the_Sun_King_uniforms

This link will bring you immediately to the section on uniforms.
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Re: 18th century French soldiers, pre-Revolution
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2011, 21:34:35 »
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Re: 18th century French soldiers, pre-Revolution
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2011, 01:16:33 »
Thanks for the link, WoT!  :)

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Re: 18th century French soldiers, pre-Revolution
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2012, 02:42:20 »
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