Voltigeurs de la Garde Impériale, 1870

[billyturnip]

I've made a start on a flat figure of the above regiment based on this illustration by Patrice Courcelle but I could do with a bit of assistance.

Despite being an admirer of Courcelle's work a couple of things are bothering me,
a. The colour of the waist sash, my references show a medium blue colour.
b. The rank insignia on the sleeves look to me as if they are upside down, the chevron should be above the ring around the sleeve.

I'm sure M. Courcelle is only human like the rest of us but are these errors or am I missing something? The other possibility is this isn't a Voltigeur of the Guard.
Roger.

 

[Mirofsoft]

Hope this can help
http://antan.unblog.fr/planches-sur-les-uniformes-du-xixe-siecle/

More about the army in 1914 BUT also evolution of uniforms from 1870t o 1914
https://rosalielebel75.franceserv.com/infanterie.html



and here dowloadable pdf
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7200128s.r=uniformes.langFR

also downloadable fench army 1870
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426911c.r=l'armée+française+1870.langEN

An here for france 1870
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=✓&keywords=france+1870#

you can change te search wuth France 1871 or France 1872 or germany 1870 or ......

Enjoy your reading

Remember ; all those links are in the list

 

[billyturnip]

Thanks very much. Some of those I haven't seen before and a couple I had forgotten about.
Roger.

 

[elanlane13]

Mirofsoft, the last source is a mine of information thank you .

 

[elanlane13]

Roger in the Andre Jouineau book 'L'Armee de Napoleon 111' it shows the sash as blue and the rank under the chevron.

 

[billyturnip]

Roger in the Andre Jouineau book 'L'Armee de Napoleon 111' it shows the sash as blue and the rank under the chevron.

Rob, thanks, that particular book arrived here on Saturday and is one of the reasons I'm querying the Courcelle illustration. I think I'll go with Andre Jouineau and do a bit of scraping of the rank insignia.

 

[Nap]

Rob, thanks, that particular book arrived here on Saturday and is one of the reasons I'm querying the Courcelle illustration. I think I'll go with Andre Jouineau and do a bit of scraping of the rank insignia.

Look forward to seeing the scraping and the painting of course

As Rob say great info on the link provided by Mirosoft

Nap

 

[Mirofsoft]

Mirofsoft, the last source is a mine of information thank you .

I'm actualy working on the list ane I will load it in some weeks
Will tell you all
Lot of dead links actualy, change of adress, new makers etc ...