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French Uniforms from 1740 to 1939 in Drawings by Maurice Toussaint

Below are the 20 plates featuring drawings by Maurice Toussaint from the work of Alex Cart, Uniformes des Régiments Francais de Louis XV a nos Jours, Paris 1945.

Uniformes des Régiments Francais de Louis XV a nos Jours

Plate I - Louis XV - 1740

Plate II - End of the Reign of Louis XV

Plate III - Louis XVI - 1786

Plate IV - Revolution - Consulate

Plate V - Consulate - First Empire - 1800 - 1806

Plate VI - Imperial Guard - 1806

Plate VII - First Empire

Plate VIII - First Empire

Plate IX - 1814-1824 - Royal Guard

Plate X - 1822-1830

Plate XI - 1830-1848

Plate XII - 1848-1852

Plate XIII - 1854-1856 - Imperial Guard

Plate XIV - 1854-1870

Plate XV - 1872-1880

Plate XVI - 1879-1891

Plate XVII - 1900-1914

Plate XVIII - 1914-1918

Plate XIX - 1920-1935

Plate XX - 1939

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