#curassiers

[awallofswords]

And….. I’ve gone and changed it again. I’ve added the new 1788 Pattern Light Cavalry troopers Sabre, moved the 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry officers Sabre over to where the Mameluke was. The Mameluke will go up later on another display. The sword knots on the Dutch swords are reproductions. 

They are: 

Dutch m1800 Light Cavalry officer’s or NCO’s sabre

French An XI Light Cavalry officer’s sabre

French ‘Garde de Bataille’ Dragoon officer’s sword

French An XIII Heavy Cavalry troopers’ sword

French An XI Light Cavalry trooprs’ sword

Dutch m1813 No.2 Light Cavalry troopers’ sabre

Dutch m1814 No.3 Heavy Cavalry troopers’ sword

British 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry troopers’ sabre (Dutch issued as the 1813 No.1 for light cavalry)

British 1788 Pattern Light Cavalry troopers’ sabre

British 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry troopers’ sword

British 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword for dismounted service

British 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry officer’s sabre

British 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry officer’s sabre

[medieval-shitposter]

favorite armor style? mine is probably maximillian and cuirassier

Definitely gothic, I mean

Look at this. Stunning. Beautiful. 10/10.

Maximillian is also pretty neat (I love the fluting!!), and while curassier armour looks a lil weird to my eye (dem legs???) I absolutely have to share what is my favourite curassier art ever:

Bang ™

[crocutable]

loose English Civil War sketch

[peashooter85]

French Cuirassiers during the opening months of World War I.

At the beginning of World War I, the French, Germans, and Russians still used cuirassier regiments.  Napoleonic Era warriors subjected to the horrors of modern warfare, they made excellent targets for machine guns and modern artillery.  As World War I progressed, most curassiers would ditch their armor and horses, serving as infantry instead of cavalry.