1st EMPIRE, FRENCH NAPOLEONIC CUIRASSIERS ON HORSE. 9th Regiment. HEINRICHSEN
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Zinnfiguren or flat lead miniature soldiers, hand painted on both sides and showing back and front of all the figures, 28 pieces in all. Nice vivid colours. Approx 2 inches (50mm) tall to the plume top. #6278 EX SWISS COLLECTION BÄUERLE These flats are from the OLD German firm of Heinrichsen and are from a Swiss collection and pre date 1939 Napoleon formed cuirassiers already in the beginning of his reign. The first twelve régiments so-called d'Cavalerie received the strongest and tallest men and horses. They were numbered 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Cuirassiers. The 8th Regiment however declared that they were senior to other regiments and had its saddlecloths marked with a "1." (In the past the 8th were King's Own Cuirassier Regiment and had retained their cuirasses since 1666.) Now the colonel of 8th Cuirassiers denounced that the 1st Cuirassier Regiment is a "vile usurper." His claim, however brought him nothing more than a rebuke.
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