FPW01-FPW12 Franco-Prussian War French Infantry! *NEW SERIES* (1 Viewer)

[Poppo]

Images uploaded...………...the first one is my favorite FPW painting, it depicts the fighting in the church cemetery at Gravelotte St. Privat...………..

The Invalides museum of history in Paris explains that the french painters couldn't show large battles because the french lost...So they represented some limited french heroic actions , focusing only a detail.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Maybe some Chasseurs d'Afrique? (this is a Franco Prussian War Era Chasseur d'Afrique shako I picked up for my Franco Prussian War display):

 

[Louis Badolato]

I got tired of waiting for the next release so I picked up this 2 foot tall painted metal statue of a Franco Prussian War Chasseur a Pied for my display. It was made in the 1870’s and I have a matching 2 foot tall Zouave on display from the same maker:

 

[Louis Badolato]

Here is the original 2-foot tall 1870's Zouave displayed with a 19th Century Zouave Uniform:

 

[Louis Badolato]

Another plug for Zouaves . . . I just bought this 19th Century Oil Painting of Franco-Prussian War Era Zouaves, which I plan to add to my Franco Prussian War display:

 

[jazzeum]

Your FP collection looks very impressive Louis. Love the painting.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Your FP collection looks very impressive Louis. Love the painting.

Thank you, Brad!:smile2: First you and Ken Osen got me into the Civil War, where I learned about how many elite regiments adopted the French Zouave (5th New York) and Chasseur (14th Brooklyn) uniforms, then I got into World War I, where I loved the 1914 French Uniforms where they were still using the red pants, and the Zouave Uniforms went into combat for the last time, as well as the early German Uniforms, with Pickelhaubes for the Infantry and Artillery, Chapka and Ulankas for the Lancers (Uhlans). Naturally, I gravitated to the Franco-Prussian War, and the French and German uniforms that were the precursor to the classic WWI uniforms.

 

[Louis Badolato]

The new editions to the Franco Prussian War display . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

Your FP collection looks very impressive Louis. Love the painting.

The painting arrived and is on display with a bunch of other Zouave items:

 

[Louis Badolato]

Another addition to my Franco Prussian War display: a French Franco Prussian War Medal . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

We currently have firing poses for the Prussians and Algerians finished. We do not (yet) have them for French.

Best,

Matt

Looks like Matt might have given us some information about what to expect once this pandemic is a bad memory . . . I'm hoping Algerians means Zouaves . . . or Spahis . . . or Chasseurs d'Afrique.