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Trooper, 5th Cuirassiers, c. 1812-15, shown on a march. Notethe helmet with the mane plaited, the plume covered by acover, the grey overalls and the horse's tail tied up. Pnnt afterJOB.cartridge box on a white belt i worn over the cuira s,white word belt at waist when mounted. Cuirassierswere mounted on blacks or dark bays.The 24 September 1803 order only specified thatthe colour of the w1iforms remained the arne and'only the changes in cut' for cuirassiers would bemade, which meant a short-tailed coatee. The facingswere to be scarlet collar, cuffs, lapels and turnbacks forthe 1st to 6th regiments, yellow for 7th to 12th.However, it seems that the 3rd, 5th, 8th and 11 thCuirassiers had blue collars. In principle, the coateeshad lapels but it seems some were in fact single-Opposite.Helmet and cuirass, 4th Cuirassiers, 1811-1815. In 1811, a new,much cheaper, pattern of helmet was introduced lacking thefluted embossing on the comb and without the brass rimedging the visor. It was not popular and the men kept wearingthe old helmets whenever they could but several regimentsonly had them. Very few are now known to exist. Adnan Forman,Minehead, UK.Trumpeter, 6th Cuirassiers, 1808. Trumpeters had blacksheepskin saddle covers edged orange for the 6th. Print afterMartinet.breasted. All had pewter buttons, silver for officers.As for the cut of the coat, some regiments hadthem made with short tails. Inspection reports indicatethat the 3rd, 7th, 9th and lOth had coatees by 1805and the 2nd, 11th and 12th had them in late 1805 orearly 1806. However, the I t, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8thkept wearing long tailed coats as late as 1810-1811.Turnbacks had blue grenades. The blue shoulderstraps piped with the facing colour were graduallyreplaced by red epaulettes.The rest of the uniform consisted of: whitewaistcoat; buff breeches; long black boots withbronzed steel spurs; white gauntlet gloves; blackcravat; white cloak; blue housings laced white, whitesheepskin edged red, white grenades on the housingsand regimental numbers on valise. On foot: bluesurtout; white stockings, blue in winter; buckled shoes;bicorn with pompon. Stable dre s: blue forage capwith blue turnup edged with white lace, piping offacing colour; blue stable jacket; white duck or linenpantaloon; wooden shoes.Cuirassier, like other elite troop, were proud of74 Heavy CavahyHeavy Cavahy 75