Thursday, 14 June 2012

5th tirailleurs Young Guard

These are two 24 man battaliions, figures by AB and flags by 'flags for the lads'. This is the 5th regiment, I was going to do the 1st or 3rd since they were present during the 100 days but I liked the 5th flag design so much I went for them instead!

The figures are in uniforms from 1808-1813 so they wouldn't quite fit the 100 days anyway. Out of all the guard units I think the Young Guard say more action than most. In fact during 1813/14 Napoleon failed to get enough recruits for the line infantry, however by expanding the Young Guard he made military service more attractive.









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6 comments:

  1. DeanM14 June 2012 at 19:21

    They look good; makes me want to get a unit of these Young Guardsmen. Best, Dean

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  2. Paulalba15 June 2012 at 00:02

    Nice work Ken,
    Lovely figures. The FFTL Flags are really nice too.
    Good to see you back doing Naps!

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  3. Ray Rousell15 June 2012 at 16:31

    I can see why you chose this regt, the flags beautiful are very unusual for the French. Great work!!!!

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  4. Ken15 June 2012 at 19:46

    Thanks lads,the young guard weren't allowed eagles so I suppose they made up for it by using flags with the bugle horn symbols or similar. The 5th regiments flag shown here is VERY different!

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  5. Phil20 June 2012 at 17:12

    Very nice troops! A great work!

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  6. Ken23 June 2012 at 14:19

    Thanks Phil!

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