[C19fan]

One of the soldiers was a Frenchman who served in the Mamluk regiment.

[Pearls Before Swine]

On a quick read, I couldn’t tell if any of them had been thru the Russian invasion. The time frame was right for some of them, though.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

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[MrEdd]

TTIUWOP.

[Leaning Right]

A tad bit off-topic I suppose, but I never quite understood the admiration many folks have for Napoleon. Consider, for example, his ornate tomb in Paris. Napoleon brought misery and death to almost all of Europe, from Spain to all the way to Moscow. And he ended up as a miserable failure. A George Washington he was not.

(This brief rant is in no way directed at you, C19. Your post was a worthy history post.)

[Finnwolf]

What great photos of these French veterans. Somehow reminds me of Sir Conan Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard stories. Altho taken in 1858 these men can still fit in their uniforms of nearly half a century.

We forget how the French Army swept away the armies of Europe. Until they overreached in Russia and Spain.

Greed of any type is the downfall of many.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Interesting post.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Ping

[Uncle Sam 911]

Imagine trying to fight in those uniforms. Amazing.

[crazy scenario]

These French uniforms look like they're for doormen at the Ritz

Wehrmacht uniforms of WWII are the best....except those poofie berets the Panzer corps wore early on.