"Bring out your dead"...........or your wounded....... (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

So they can be loaded into this nice French ambulance.

Comments??

 

[mikemiller1955]

pretty cool...maybe some Indians along side it are coming too...^&grin

 

[chalklands]

Hi,
Which era is this from?

Pete

 

[King's Man]

This would be from the French Napoleonic era. Very NICE

King's Man

 

[Fraxinus]

Any ideas on the color scheme? I could see it in blue, green or even red .....Initial guess it is going inside the Raid of St. Francis stockade, but maybe somewhere on one of the PoA (Quebec) shelves. Very nice piece, regardless.

 

[Napoleon1er]

{bravo}}{bravo}}YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GIVE ME 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!{sm3}{bravo}}{eek3}{eek3}
-Sandor:salute::

 

[Fraxinus]

Sent a private message to Napoleon1er asking his opinion on the colors. I will patch his answer if he answers and if it doesn't show up here. Chance wheels and carriage may be different. Green, but would love it in blue.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Hi Ken..et al....

This is the two-wheeled version of the French Larrey ambulance. There was also a four-wheeled version. It is strictly Napoleonic (1797-1815) and would have been initially natural brown but later painted in the same Gribeauval green, as seen on Napoleonic artillery. Gribeauval green was a very specific formula of yellow and black pigment and (in my opinion) is usually misrepresented in toy soldier models with a darker green, closer to olive. I am sure that through their years of service, these ambulances saw some variation. I know that many of the Imperial Guard ambulances most certainly had "Garde Imperiale" printed on the sides with Napoleonic eagle motifs. I guess we'll just have to see where this ultimately goes.

Best,

 

[Fraxinus]

Thanks,

Nick

 

[Fraxinus]

Assuming the question will be asked about British ambulances, some guidance below.


In Larrey's shadow: transport of British sick and wounded in the Napoleonic wars. (Link to Journal Article Below)



Abstract

Dominique Jean Larrey's introduction of a 'flying ambulance' into Napoleons army was a great advance in military surgery. British arrangements for the transport of wounded and sick during the Napoleonic wars fell far short of Larrey's humanitarian vision. The efforts of eminent doctors such as Sir James McGrigor to create a formal ambulance service were frustrated by the army establishment. As a result the sick were often abandoned or carried in local bullock carts. Only sixty years after Waterloo did Britain finally follow Larrey's example and form a field organisation including a trained ambulance corps.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8720755?dopt=Abstract

 

[Napoleon1er]

Fraxinus-thanks for the PM, but my source beat me to it^&grin!
Nicky- how long did you spend in college?

P.S. Nick-you remind me of this actor- I think his name starts with an "S" or something....

 

[mikemiller1955]

Fraxinus-thanks for the PM, but my source beat me to it^&grin!
Nicky- how long did you spend in college?

P.S. Nick-you remind me of this actor- I think his name starts with an "S" or something....

his undeniable and extreeeeeeemely broad knowledge of general trivia reminds me of an actor too...

and it's not Steve Buscemi...

it's John Ratzenberger...better known as Cliff Clavin...

 

[Fraxinus]

Well if "Cliffy" has identified the ambulance as being Napoleonic, I will take the appropriate leap and assume a error of +/- of 50 years. So if it shows up painted Green --- I will tell the neighbors it is a Roger Rangers Ambulance in a camoflage paint scheme and drop this beauty into my Raid of St Francis Stockade --- good grief, I have turned to the Dark Side of Toy Soldier Collecting!!!!

 

[Obee]

BRILLIANT

Now what figures will be coming with this fine NAPOLEONIC vehicle?

Baron Larrey?

Surgeon?

Medics??

Wounded??

Anything

This is an image of the HISTOREX kit, so anything like that will do !!

John

 

[Obee]

Here is another from ALEXANDERS TOY SOLDIERS.

So maybe another mounted figure to lead?

John

 

[Warrior]

pretty cool...maybe some Indians along side it are coming too...^&grin

It's Napoleonic, not F & I.......

 

[Warrior]

Hi,
Which era is this from?

Pete

Napoleonic

 

[Warrior]

Any ideas on the color scheme? I could see it in blue, green or even red .....Initial guess it is going inside Raid of St. Francis stockade, but maybe somewhere on one of the PoA (Quebec) shelves. Very nice piece, regardless.

It's Napoleonic, not F & I.

Next time I post a picture, I'll be sure to post more detailed information along with it, sorry for the confusion.

 

[Napoleon1er]

Can we get more info? Where did you get the picture? Do you know which color scheme will be used? Will there be more figures? Does the roof come off? Will there be discounts for those of us interested in buying more than a dozen? ^&grin{sm4}
-Sandor:salute::

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I did a little research on piece and discovered that most of the French ambulances were originally varnished over the natural wood (no paint), then later painted a light ochre in order that they not be confused with artillery wagons on the battlefield.