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
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