@45eme
A French🇫🇷 infantry #Reenactment group in the UK 🇬🇧 portraying the lives of soldiers, NCOs, Officers, vivandières and camp followers of the #Napoleonic and #FrenchRevolution era. Posts by: @Plinys23.bsky.social
Is this a grenadier?
But no it's our Sappeur Brillant (Brian).
Sapeur wore the bearskin as a sign of elite distinction!
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"Our conscripts are getting younger and younger monsieur le maréchal.
"Nonsense ! They will simply have more experience."
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Nos conscrits sont de plus en plus jeunes, Monsieur le Maréchal.
« N'importe quoi ! Ils auront simplement plus d'expérience.»
#Napoleonic #NapoleonicWars
Some highlights of our last event at #Whittington castle. Fantastic vibes.
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Some highlights of our last event at #Whittington castle. Fantastic vibes.
Join the @45eme.bsky.social and revive history!
#Napoleonic #NapoleonicWars #TimeTravel #UK #livinghistory
#otd #didyouknow about this 1810 French naval victory over the famed British navy?
Our young recruits aged 7 year old are starting their #Napoleonic education.
At a wild guess, we might need some more lessons lol 😂.
What do think?
#NapoleonicQuirks #VLE🇫🇷 #CommonHeritage #SharedHistory
Capturing the moment when French finesse meets British stiff upper lip-who knew parley could be this photogenic?
La où le raffinement français rencontre le flegme britannique - qui aurait cru qu'un pourparler pourrait être aussi photogénique ?
📷credit :The_95th_Rifles
#Napoleonicwars #Napoleonic
They did force him to retreat, legend says....
We adore the lovely grenadier there. Here is one slighly bigger!
Well there has been theories and suggestions around. The most plausible one is that it was the polite thing to do with one's hand at the time 😊
