miscellaneous
Spanish Royal Guard facing the French at
Talavera (1809)
spanish royal guard pre-1812
The Spanish Royal Guard Infantry at 1808 had a Prussian-type uniform whose main
characteristics was the use of bicorn. The predominant colour of the uniform was
dark blue with facings (collar, cuffs, lapels..) in dark red.
There are
not 1/72 HO/00 plastic figures depicting a such uniform but a very easy
conversion can be made by using pre-1812 Prussian infantry. The Prussians from
the old Esci 226 - Prussian and Austrian Infantry set are the most
adequate because they have long-tailed jackets as the Royal Guard actullay
weared. On the other hand, the figures from the HaT 8083 - 1806 Prussian Musketeers
set can be used for the regular army units
whose jackets were short-tailed.
For
the colour schemes and regimental facings, I have used the following
references:
Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1)
1793–1808 (Men-at-Arms 321)
Uniformes Militares Españoles: el Ejército y la Armada en
1808. J.M. Bueno.
Edited by the author. Malaga (Spain) 1982
The flags were downloaded from the
Warflag
site:
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