FRANCE 1810

SAILORS OF THE GUARD

The battalion de sailors of the Guard of the Consul was created the 27 september of 1803.

Napoleon meant to grant to the naval forces one corporative representation and the honor lend service to the emperor close. The unit had a uniform of gala and one of service, and its naval origin was evident in some ornaments of the uniform and in the straight pants and capacities outside from the boots. The tasks of the battalion were the same ones of the infantry of the Guard, that is protect the emperor in battle and, in exceptional cases, to support the attacks of the Great Army.

They formed five unit, composed from as many squares to the orders of a lieutenant. A third party of the battalion was armed with sabres, an other third party of axes, the nozzle rest. In the 1804 body (than in honor of Napoleone solo was constituted from soldiers of Corsa origin) was transformed in the battalion of the sailors of the Imperial Guard and all its members came equip you of guns with bayonets and sabres.

The command of the battalion was assigned to a captain, whose functions corresponded to those of the general, even if its degree was inferior and it placed it to the level of a colonel of the army.

In the 1810 unit it was reorganized and it came widened to eight companies.A body of sailors of the Imperial Guard participated to the war of 1805 against the Austrians and took part in the crash of Austerliz.

The battalion had an important role in the campaign of Russia of 1812 and fights in 1814, during the invasion of France from part of the forces of the sixth coalition.

UNIFORM

The service uniform was formed from a shako of decorated black leather in gold and with a red spandrel on the forehead, from a dolman blue with collar, lateral opening and polsini it threads to you in gold and with two rows of buttons, from blue pants wears to you over the boots.

The bandoleers were of black leather, the laps of the same color and the cote.

In the uniform of gala the dolman it had the lapesi red and four rows of buttons joined from decorative clasps it gilds to you, while the pants were laterally decorate from one yellow band to you.

The officials wore a bicorn black, a coute blue with yellow decorations, pants anch' blue they with sideband, cinturone black with fibbia gilded, sabre with girdle of black brass leather reinforced in tip.

The uniform of gala was in all style to that one of service, unless for the coute blue with laps red it borders you of gold.

The blue pants were replaced for the officials to horse, from slacks white men with boots of mount black gild you of implication.


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