They’re Baaaack! The 2nd Regiment of the Gardes d’ Honneur was raised from the 2nd (Mézières), 3rd (Metz), 4th (Nancy), 5th (Strasbourg), 17th ( Amsterdam ), 18th (Dijon ), 25th (Wesel), 26th (Mainz), 28th (Genoa) Military Divisions.  Thus it can be seen that a fair number of recruits, while citizens of the Empire, were not … 2nd Regiment Gardes d’Honneur verder lezen →

Here’s the next line infantry unit for “Project Portugal”,  in the 1806 uniform. The 9th Regiment was termed “Viana”, and recruited in Minho providence. These are once again Old Glory 2nd edition British painted as Portuguese, with the wonderful flags by Adolfo Ramos.  It belong administratively to the “Northern” Division, although this had little effect … Portuguese 9th Line, “Viana” verder lezen →