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F19 Light infantry command group
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F20 Four light infantry officers in assorted headgear
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F21 Mounted light infantry officers (horses included)
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S82 - Command pack.
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S61 Light infantry firing line and skirmish figures - 3 loading, 3 firing
£9.00
F60 – Light infantry foot officers. Bicorns.
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F59 – Light infantry foot officers. Covered shakos
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F58 – Light infantry foot officers. Uncovered shakos.
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F57 – Light infantry battalion command in covered shakos
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F56 – Light infantry battalion command in uncovered shakos
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F55 – Light infantry regimental command, covered shakos.
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F54 - Light infantry regimental command, uncovered shakos
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Route March
This set of figures is based on Edouard Detaille's sketch of French line infantry marching in Belgium in 1815 (see above). All the figures are in campaign dress. They wear their coats with the front flaps buttoned back to allow greater freedom of movement while on the march. Other sources have been used to provide the accurate historical information required for items of uniform and equipment. The more important ones worth mentioning are the Rousselot plates, the Bucquoy uniform cards and the Rigo (Le Plumet) plates.
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The figures in this range are designed to be suitable for the late Empire period, 1813-15. Although the Bardin regulation uniform is often described as the 1812 uniform, very few formations received these uniforms before 1813.
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Peter Bunde's Brigade plates are without doubt the best modern research into Napoleonic uniforms available on the market. They are presented in an A4 format with the plate on one side and the information on the reverse. These plates are my usual starting point for research if a plate on the subject is available. Whilst I do not always agree with his conclusions I have rarely
found an outright mistake in Peter's research - he just sometimes reaches different conclusions using the available research information. I recommend them unreservedly! Note that I only stock the plates which are relevant to my figures. Many other plates are available on Peter's website.
Light Infantry
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These figures in this range are suitable for the Prussian army from 1807 to 1815. They wear the new uniforms adopted after the 1806 debacle.
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The figures in this range wear the uniforms adopted in 1810 when the Saxon army was reorganised. They are suitable for the period 1810 to 1815.
Infantry
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I like my march-attack figures to be in step. This was a formal way of moving men. It was used for getting large numbers of men in set formations to a point where they came in contact with the enemy. The men would have marched to music or the beat of drums. NCOs would have ensured that most of the men remained in step as the cohesion of the battalion relied on this. It would have been practiced on parade grounds until the men could move in unison almost without thought. It struck me when I did the research for these figures that in many illustrations most of the battalion seems to be using both hands to hold the musket. In march-attack the musket was supposed to be held in the crook of the left arm while the right arm swung free. The two handed hold was definitely not regulation. I looked into this and made inquiries from other research colleagues. The answer seems to be as follows – The French musket weighed over four and a half kilos. The regulation way of holding the musket in the crook of the left arm was not a ‘natural’ way of holding the musket. After marching for a while over rough ground, while taking fire from the enemy, it was natural for the right hand to be used to steady the musket and to take some of its weight off the left arm. In action the officers accepted this as necessary.
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