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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