Ulanka and Litevka
Prussian Garde-Landwehr-Kavallerie and schwere Landwehr Reiter (heavy Cavalry)
I like those spiked Cuirasser’s helmets.
The busby and coat of a listed man of the 3rd Elizavetgradsky H.I.H. Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna’s Hussar Regiment. Named after Olga Romanov; a daughter of Tsar Nicholas II.
Olga held the rank of senior officer of the regiment; an honorary position. As did her sister Tatiana and her father of their own respective regiments.
This dates from the 1900-1914 I believe.
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La Grande Armee Veteran, (M. Dupont who was fourier for the 1st Hussar), 1858.
I like the long feather and his grey beard…gives us an impression of an old hawk.
another picture of a turco lieutenant from that same time period.
…minus the beard, plus the oriental looking sword, a kind of scimitar, probaply a saif.
A sitting turco officer around 1860.
My favourite, by far: Note the wild moustache throning over his mighty beard, the colorful, rich-embroidered uniform, the mighty sword and his cool turban on his head.
…not to mention the landscape wallpaper in the background!
turco of the 3rd regiment wearing a turban.
the funny thing about those old studio shots is always the background…
turco of the first regiment.
When they were second generation french colonialists, the were called indigene , though they have no african roots (and aren’t muslim, but still a turco).
