The uniform was made on 7th of August 1798.It is made of a woollen fabric in dark blue which was the colour of the army.
The uniforms worn by European armies were all a work of art but Napoleon’s army uniform exceeded the rest with large sums of money used to purchase cords, plumes and pompoms that went on the uniforms.
Military uniforms worn during Napoleonic wars truly depict the extravagance for the military to stand out when it came to their uniforms and to this day French military uniforms during Napoleon’s leadership are still considered exquisite.
As it is written by the Napoleonic wars veteran that there has never been and will never be such outstanding military uniforms. The military uniforms were very colourful and full of ornate compared to other military uniforms across Europe.
Napoleon as a person dressed very simply as compared to his marshals who were very pompous military uniforms with lace trimmings, gold embroidering and buttons. He wore a simple hat and an undress coat of the Guard Horse chasseurs. It was only on Sundays that he wore regal uniforms such as a dark blue uniform meant for the Colonel of the Guard foot grenadiers with white lapels on it. He sometimes used his simplistic way of dressing to disguise himself.
In 1809 painter Adam wrote: “There he sat on his little white Arab horse, in a rather careless posture, with a small hat on his head, and wearing the famous dust-grey cloak, white breeches and top boots, so insignificant-looking that no one would have recognized the personage as the mighty Emperor-the victor of Austerlitz and Jena before whom even monarchs must bow-if they had not seen him represented so often in pictures. His pale face, cold features, and keen, serious gaze made an almost uncanny impression on my mind, while the glitter of the many uniforms which surrounded him heightened the contrast of his inconspicuous appearance”, Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars 1805 -1815 http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/napoleonic_uniforms.html
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