Description
History of the military uniforms in Europe, top: I) French troops during the Revolutionary Wars: 1-2) Grenadiers of the Line infantry, 3) Hunters of the Line infantry, 4) Carbineer of the light infantry, 5) People's representative in the army, 6) General, 7) Dragoon, 8) Hunter on horseback, 9) Hussar; II) French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte: 1) Éclaireurs of the Guard, 2) Carbineer, 3) Artillery train, 4) Cuirassier, 5) Hunter on horseback, 6) Hussar, 7) Polish Guard Lancers of the old Guard, 8) Riding artilleryman of the line, 9) Grenadier of the old Guard, 10) Fusilier of the Line infantry; III) English Navy (late 18th, early 19th century): 1) Sailor infantryman, 2) Sailor artilleryman, 3) Naval officer; IV) Prussian army of 1806: 1) Cuirassier, 2) Hussar, 3) Dragoon, 4) Grenadier, 5) Musketeer; V) Braunschweiger 1809: Hussar, 2) Ulan, 3) Infantryman, 4) Sniper; VI) Prussia 1813: 1) Officer of the riding hunters of the Lützow Free Corps, 2) Volunteer foot hunter, 3) Territorial force infantryman, 4) Line infantryman, 5) Ulan, 6) Cuirassier, 7) Dragoon, 8) Hussar; VII) Austrian-Hungarian troops 1813: 1) German infantryman, 2) Hungarian grenadier, 3) Artillery officer, 4) Cuirassier, 5) Hussar, 6) Ulan, 7) Chevauleger; VIII) Russia 1813: 1) Hunter, 2) Infantryman, 3) Cuirassier, 4) Dragoon, 5) Regular Cossack; IX) English army: 1) Life Guards, 2) Light dragoon, 3) Riding artilleryman, 4) Highland infantryman, 5) Line infantryman, 6) Guard grenadier, 7) Dragoon. Chromolithograph after drawings by Richard Knötel (German military painter, 1857 - 1914), published in 1898.
