Friday, 20 March 2009

Grenadier à Cheval of the French Maison Du Roi 1750s

Unit and uniform details to follow...

The unique and curious headgear is notable.

Posted by David Morfitt at Friday, March 20, 2009

13 comments:

  1. Capt Bill20 March 2009 at 23:14

    Wow, what a hat!

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  2. Fitz-Badger21 March 2009 at 00:34

    That hat caught my eye, too. Looks somewhat "oriental" (Turkish, maybe?). Exotic anyway.

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  3. Anonymous21 March 2009 at 15:40

    Yes, indeed, Bill and FB - quite a hat! I wonder if it's Polish influence? Certainly, as you say, FB, it has an oriental or East European look about it.

    David.

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  4. WSTKS-FM Worldwide21 March 2009 at 16:41

    Another lovely addition to your growing uniform "compendium", David. Looking forward to those "hat" details.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  5. Anonymous22 March 2009 at 15:42

    Thanks, Stokes. :-)

    All the best,

    David.

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  6. trailape27 March 2009 at 13:34

    Great work. Any thoughts on doing AWI uniforms? I'd love a Brit Grenadier for 1780. ;o)
    Cheers

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  7. David29 March 2009 at 03:03

    Thanks, Trailape.

    I have done a couple of AWI templates already and hope to do a few more, time and energy permitting, but I can make no promises about when and what at the moment! Sorry...

    All the best,

    David.

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  8. trailape4 April 2009 at 11:46

    Hi David
    Fair enough. Keep up the great work.
    Cheers

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  9. David6 April 2009 at 20:41

    Hi Trailape,

    I have actually done a very hasty British hatman now and plan to do a British grenadier soon. Unfortunately the British grenadier cap badge is fiddly but I hope it will be done sometime soon. I'll let you know when I've finished it.

    David.

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  10. Anonymous27 May 2009 at 09:36

    Nice to see un grenadier de la maison du roi.
    I am currently in the (very long) process of making myself such a uniform
    Do you have any imformation of the decoration of the officer hat

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  11. David28 May 2009 at 02:49

    Rene Chartrand's Osprey on Louis XV's Cavalry and Dragoons says that men and officers wore the same headgear. I've not seen anything that contradicts that statement!

    HTH

    David
    http://nba-sywtemplates.blogspot.com/

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  12. Anonymous1 July 2009 at 15:15

    Hi

    On the picture 'halt des grenadiers a cheval de la maison du roi" you can see that officer wore an headgear of the same shape than the troop but with heavy decoration I can reconize a grenade but it is not all.
    If you look at M petard work on the unit you will see that the bonnet of the officer is in the same shape but with silver embrodery (sorry for the spelling)
    So I go back looking
    Nice site by the way

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  13. David Morfitt3 July 2009 at 17:30

    Thanks! Yes, it would be good to find some really clear pictorial evidence of the officer's hat.

    David.

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