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NAPOLEON III AND HIS GUARD.

Illustrations after Maurice Touissaint. Published: Les Editions Militaires Illustrées (Paris 1942). The illustrations were taken from the original.

Napoleon III.

Cent-Gardes.

Grenadiers 1857.

Grenadiers 1866.

Voltigeurs 1856.

Voltigeurs 1867.

Chasseurs (infantry) 1853.

Chasseurs (infantry) 1857.

Zouaves 1863.

Cuirassiers 1st and 2nd Regiments 1857.

Carabiniers 1866.

Empress's Dragoons 1857.

Lancers 1857.

Guides 1857.

Chasseurs (mounted) 1857.

Artillery 1855.

Foot Artillery 1855.

Engineers 1864.

Train of Equipages 1856.

Mounted and Foot Gendarmerie 1857.

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