Old Guard (France)
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The Old Guard was a formation of the French Army's Imperial Guard. Consisting exclusively of veteran troops, it was the most prestigious formation in Napoleon's Grande Armée. French soldiers often ref
1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers of the Old Guard Wearing their distinctive bearskin caps while fighting in the Six Days Campaign. Napoleon's Old Guard was the most celebrated and most feared elite military formation of its day.
Grenadier Cavalry of the Old Guard during the Battle of Eylau by Édouard Detaille
Napoleon saying goodbye to the Old Guard at the Palace of Fontainebleau, after his first abdication (1814)
Bertrand Malvaux holding a 1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers of the Old Guard bearskin (1811 Pattern)
The Mounted Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard was a heavy cavalry regiment in the Consular, then Imperial Guard during the French Consulate and First French Empire respectively. They were the senior Ol
A Horse Grenadier
Charge of the Grenadiers à cheval at Marengo, 1800.
Grenadier à cheval officer (front)