Private of the Fusilier Company, 4th Infantry Regiment of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1812)
Private of the Fusilier Company, 4th Infantry Regiment of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1812)
The fusilier is dressed in a navy blue jacket (modeled on the Polish jacket). Unlike the voltigeur’s jacket, the fusilier’s jacket does not have lapels, but rather a yellow “plastron” with crimson piping, fastened with 7 buttons on each side. The plastron could be detached and carried tucked away to protect it from dirt. A voltigeur, to avoid damaging his colorful lapels, could fasten them in a “cross” fashion. Under the plastron, the jacket is fastened with hooks and two buttons at the bottom. The fusilier does not have the decorative epaulettes seen on the voltigeur, but only navy blue shoulder tabs with yellow piping.
These tabs are sewn into the sleeve seam and fastened with a button at the collar. The remaining elements of the jacket are the same as the voltigeur’s. On the legs are woolen trousers with yellow piping along the seam and black wool gaiters worn under the trousers. Woolen trousers were worn in cold weather, unlike the linen czechczery used when it was warm. On the head is a cap with a brass front plate with the number “4,” the eagle, and the white cockade of the Duchy of Warsaw. Above the cockade is a black pompom. The cap’s visor is brass-bound, with a chin strap of brass scales and white cords. The chin strap is attached to brass bosses featuring a star.
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