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During the period of general peace that followed the Napoleonic Wars, the shako in European armies became a showy and impractical headdress best suited for the parade ground. As an example, the Regency officers' shako of the British Army of 1822 was 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (22 cm) in height and 11 inches (28 cm) across at the crown, with ornamental ...
Cylindrical shako worn by French soldiers during the conquest of Algeria. In December 1844, a new black shako was introduced for the French Army, based on the shape of the casquette d'Afrique. This started a series of new shako models over the years, often associated with the glory years of the last Empire of Napoleon III. The new tapered shako ...
A shako or fur busby was worn as headwear. The colours of dolman, pelisse, and breeches varied greatly by regiment, even within the same army. The French hussar of the Napoleonic period was armed with a brass-hilted sabre, a carbine, and sometimes with a brace of pistols, although these were often unavailable.
The shako was black with orange (sometimes depicted as yellow) laces, shevrons and cords. It had a unique shako plate that consisted of an anchor with the Imperial eagle. The shoes, waistbelt and cross-belt were also black. The waistbelt was designed after the light cavalry's design.
Chasseurs on Horse of the Young Guard (1813), with cylindrical shako. Illustration by Ernest Fort, based on the archives of the French Ministry of War. Under the decree of March 6, 1813, the Imperial Guard mounted chasseur regiment was increased from five to nine squadrons of 250 men each, with only the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th retaining the ...
Horse carabinier's uniform before 1809 Horse carabinier as of 1809. The corps of Carabiniers was a group of heavy cavalry originally created by Louis XIV.From 1791 to 1809, their uniforms consisted of a blue coat with a blue piped red collar, red cuffs, lapels and turnbacks with white grenades, red epaulettes with edged white straps, red cuff flaps for the 1st Regiment, blue piped red for the ...
An illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the Napoleonic wars: an expert, in-depth reference to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1792-1815. London Lanham, MD: Lorenz North American agent/distributor, National Book Network. ISBN 978-0-7548-1571-6. OCLC 60320422
Shako as used since 1854. In 1843 the open coats were replaced by green closed ones. The shakos were replaced by Prussian Pickelhauben. On parades the riflemen wore white trousers. Since 1854 the guards rifles wore again shakos, but this time made from leather and showing the star of the Prussian royal guard and a cockade. Only slight ...