Photographs of Chasseurs a Pied, c.1860
A much-decorated anonymous Capitaine whose medals include the Legion d'Honneur, the British Crimean War Medal with three clasps (Alma, Inkerman, Sebastopol)
A Corporal in undress, wearing his leather gaiters.
A very smart-looking Chasseur wearing his shako with its elaborate dark green and red plume
A member of a battalion's Fanfare - from 1855 each batalion of Chasseurs was allowed a "Fanfare", equipped with instruments a la Saxe.
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