Reenactment Discussion

[zac]

I know exactly where that came from

seemed like a fun event,,dont u love muskets xD

found this from a drill day,,guess what unit



and a pic from old sydney town

[Mr T]

Heres a painting print I bought, it is of Napoleon on the night before Austerlitz surrounded by his soldiers with torches to celebrate the anniversary of his coronation.

[Duuring]

I know exactly where that came from

seemed like a fun event,,dont u love muskets xD

found this from a drill day,,guess what unit

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A Tirailleur de la garde in a '12-'15 uniform. But with a wrong shako.

Nice painting Mr T

[Duuring]

Doublepost because I can. No, really, I can, as my post has nothing to do with what I previously posted.

Here are a two pictures of a few replica period coins I have. They are not from the right material, of course, because that would make them quite expensive. They are for show.

both sides

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[Docm30]

I know exactly where that came from

seemed like a fun event,,dont u love muskets xD

found this from a drill day,,guess what unit

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A Tirailleur de la garde in a '12-'15 uniform. But with a wrong shako.

A tirailleur with epaulettes on? pretty sure it's just a light infantry carabinier.

[Duuring]

A Light infantry Carabinier with red sleeves cuffs? I think not.
I'm quite sure Tirailleur wore Epaulettes somewhere in their existence, but I could be mistaken. Only in 1815, I thought.

Edit: Came up with the word for cuffs.

[Docm30]

Red cuffs were worn by several light regiments.

Apparently the Tirailleurs may have worn red epaulettes in 1815, so it could be a one from there abouts. That's the part of the war I know the least about (uniform wise, at least), though. They're all hideous by that point.

Still, there's nothing in that image that prevents the uniform from being a carabinier. Brass metal was worn by a few regiments, and white leggings were common.

[Duuring]

Is just saying you were wrong really that hard, Docm?

The day you admit that, is the day I finally become happy.

In the meanwhile, Zac, tell that guy to get a proper shako.

[Docm30]

How can I be wrong if there's nothing in that image that prevents him from being a carabinier?

[Millander]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=itQQHeibsMY#t=682s


I was in the bed roll next to the national flag

[Duuring]

How can I be wrong if there's nothing in that image that prevents him from being a carabinier?

The unlaced shako? The brass? The image on the jingulaires?

What light  regiments had yellow brass and red cuffs in 1812-15?

[zac]

I might tell him,,though hes a major in the Regular Australian army xD , and according to there sources the shako is correct

[Duuring]

Then they have bad sources, cos the Tirailleurs had very distictive white lace.
 
Scratch that, they apparantly threw the braid out in 1815. But... What shakoplate did he have?

[Docm30]

The 10th, for example, wore red, pointed cuffs in that period. They didn't wear brass buttons (I'm not even completely sure he is), but then again reenactors are rarely perfect.

Anyway, just as grenadier and voltigeur shakoes often had stars on the chin straps (the French is jugulaire, by the way), so did carabiniers.

Here's a photo of an 1812 light carabinier's shako with star badges and no coloured lace. The metal is white, but I've also got pictures of light infantry shakoes with brass metal. It's not hard to believe the combination of those things was worn by someone. Even if it's not, you were willing to except his shako was wrong before.

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Then they have bad sources, cos the Tirailleurs had very distictive white lace.

Is that what you meant when you said it's inaccurate? because they abandoned the white chevrons in 1813 when they adopted the 1812 uniforms.

[zac]

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