I always have ben fascinated by the beauty of the Royal Standard of Italy (1848 - 1946) (at the begininng as Flag o the Kingdom of Sardinia / Piedmont.
I have now the occasion to celebrate it. This is tha War flag, i.e. with the crown over the coat of arm of the Savoy Dinasty. I think this officer will defend it till the end.
To complete the Regiment I also prepared an Offier. For him, I chose to keep the white trousers (they did like to flash even in battle) with all decors in gold)
and with sword in a different position
I went on with my project. Now it is the time for a NCO of this regiment. In order to proceed I checked the pictures of NCO of Russian Hussars in 1805; what is sure is
a) the top of the plume was black (with an orange stripe inside)
b) the trim of pelisse was black
c) no changing in the saddle decorations
d) silver decoration over the sleeves
Having to make the correct colours of Hussars at the Battle of Austerlitz, I found this, that helps me.
| Regiment | Dolman | Pelisse | Buttons Braid | Cuffs/ Collars | Sabre- tache | S’tach Orn. | Schab- raque | Shabr. teeth |
| Soum | Lt Yellow | Turqu-oise | White | Turqu-oise | Turquoise | White | White | White piped Turquoise |
| Pavlograd | Dk Green | Turqu-oise | Yellow | Turqu-oise | Dk Green | Yellow | Turquoise | Yellow piped Dk Green |
| Elizabeth-grad | Lt Yellow | Lt Yellow | White | White | Red | Yellow | Red | Yellow piped Yelllow |
| Marioupol | White | Dark Blue | Yellow | Yellow | White | Yellow | Dark Blue | Yellow piped Yellow |
| Alexandria # | Black | Black | White | Red | Black | White | Black | White piped White |
| Olivopol | Dk Green | Dk Green | White | Dk Green | Dk Green | White | Dk Green | White piped White |
| Isoum | Red | Dk Blue | White | Dk Blue | Yellow | Yellow | Dk Blue | Yellow piped Yellow |
| Akhtyrsk | Brown | Brown | Yellow | Yellow | Brown | Yellow | Brown | Yellow piped Yellow |
| White Russia | Dk Blue | Dk Blue | mixed Red & White | Red | Dk Blue | White | Dk Blue | Lt Blue piped White |
| Odessa* | Dk Blue | Dk Blue | Yellow | Red | Dk Blue | Yellow | Dk Blue | Lt Blue piped Yellow |
| Grodno** | Dk Blue | Dk Blue | mixed Red & White | Sky Blue | Dk Blue | White? | Dk Blue | Sky Blue piped White |
I checked the uniform of this Regiment. I have to admit that the book "Austerlitz Le Soleil de l'Aigle - Histore et Collections" makes some mistekes in the uniforms (this is the second one I found); the pelisse of this regiment was azure and not white.
So I modify accordingly:
I am back with my researches on uniforms for the Battle of Austerlitz. This time, I would like to present here the Russian Hussar Regiments that partecipated to that battle.
As first, let me introduce a Hussar of the Pavlograd Regiment that fought in the Avant-Garde of the Russian Army under the command of Prince Bagration.
The unifor is in campaing battle i.e. with trousers covering and protecting the parade trousers. I did one with long trousers and another (he liked indeed the Hussar boots!) with short.
Russia 1805
