![Uniform of a soldier in Napoleon's elite line infantry, the Grenadiers. In bearskin with brush, backpack, blue coat with white lapels, breeches, gaiters, armed with musket and sword. Grenadier a pied, ex-Garde. Uniform of a soldier in Napoleon's elite line infantry, the Grenadiers. In bearskin with brush, backpack, blue coat with white lapels, breeches, gaiters, armed with musket and sword. Grenadier a pied, ex-Garde.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2J31N7C/uniform-of-a-soldier-in-napoleons-elite-line-infantry-the-grenadiers-in-bearskin-with-brush-backpack-blue-coat-with-white-lapels-breeches-gaiters-armed-with-musket-and-sword-grenadier-a-pied-ex-garde-handcoloured-lithograph-by-lorenzo-bianchi-and-domenico-cuciniello-after-hippolyte-lecomte-from-costumi-civili-e-militari-della-monarchia-francese-dal-1200-al-1820-naples-1825-italian-edition-of-lecomtes-civilian-and-military-costumes-of-the-french-monarchy-from-1200-to-1820-2J31N7C.jpg)
Uniform of a soldier in Napoleon's elite line infantry, the Grenadiers. In bearskin with brush, backpack, blue coat with white lapels, breeches, gaiters, armed with musket and sword. Grenadier a pied, ex-Garde.
![French; 33rd Line Infantry, Grenadier Sergeant, Grande Tenue, 1812.by H.Boisselier. Note the non regulation but… | Napoleonic wars, French army, First french empire French; 33rd Line Infantry, Grenadier Sergeant, Grande Tenue, 1812.by H.Boisselier. Note the non regulation but… | Napoleonic wars, French army, First french empire](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d1/f3/aa/d1f3aa6331e7a1054b449cb61229baac--napoleonic-wars-military-uniforms.jpg)
French; 33rd Line Infantry, Grenadier Sergeant, Grande Tenue, 1812.by H.Boisselier. Note the non regulation but… | Napoleonic wars, French army, First french empire
Where did the misconception of Napoleonic armies wearing standard colors come from? I.e., black for Prussians (even though they wore “Prussian” blue), green for Russians, blue for the French, white for Austria,
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