2nd Regiment Old Guard Grenadiers

Here we have 1st and 2nd battalions of the 2nd Regiment of Grenadiers - apart from the mounted AB colonel these are old glory 15mm, the flags are by Maverick Models. I must apologise for the quality of the photographs, again I can't seem to get the lighting just right. The campaign of 1814 saw Napoleon increasingly use his guard regiments as front line troops due to manpower shortages, they were used to either clinch a victory or to escape from a battlefield by the skin of his teeth.

For all my guard units I use the 1804 french flag as it makes them quite distinctive from the line units, which all have the 1812/1815 flag. As I uploaded the photos I noticed I forgotten to paint the red sash of the ensign. hence the 1st photograph was taken on my work bench. I painted them them with white summertime gaiters as I prefer these to the black winter ones.