PLEASE FOLLOW OUR E BAY STORE. SALE SEE OUR STORE. PLEASE READ WHOLE ADD. ALL ITEMS ARE AUTHENTIC. ALL ITEMS ARE PRICED FAIR. Regimental insignia of the. In periculo ludunt (They play in danger) To danger my pleasure. Inscriptions on the emblem. Cross of military valor. Gold medal of the city of Milan. RC is a cavalry regiment of. Created during the Revolution from the. Under the name of the. Cavalry Regiment before taking under the First Empire. It was amalgamated with the. At the dissolution of the. Cuirassier Squadron Group, there was a reorganization of the 60-tank regiment and the maintenance of the traditions of the. First on horseback, the riders of the. Cuirassier Regiment fought at Poelcappelle and Bixchoote, at Ypres, and at Chouilly, in the Marne. Then they are laid off. The regiment was later incorporated into the. January, the regiment was stationed at Houtkerque, north of St Omer. He remained in this region until the beginning of February, without taking part in any operation. He left Flanders and settled, after 3 stages between Auxy le Château and Abbeville. During the months of February, March and April, he took the trenches in front of Wailly and Rivière, south of Arras. In May, it goes up to La Canche. He moved to Auxy le Château, where he remained until. He is at the bivouac in Magnicourt sur Canche. On the 20th, he moved to Fontaine sur Maye. He will settle north of Hesdin, in Blingel and Béallencourt, then in Blangy. It is confined 20. South of Amiens, in Tilloy les Conty. On the 11th, he embarked at the station of Conty, and passing through Beauvais, Pontoise, St Germain, Versailles, Nogent sur Seine, he landed south of Champagne Pouilleuse on. And confined to Conflans sur Seine and Pontangis. He took part in the offensive of. After a detour to the southwest, beyond the camp of Mailly, it goes up to the north, by the marshes of St Gond. He arrived in Chouilly on. And settled there for several months. Cuirassier Regiment, was dismantled, became “Foot Cuirassier Regiment” and took the name of the. In the trenches of the Pompelle near Reims, and the farm of Algiers, the regiment suffered mines, gas and conventional artillery. (350 killed, wounded or intoxicated). Regiment of Cuirassiers on Foot. The Croix de Guerre is pinned to the tie of the standard. June, the regiment lost 17 officers and 22 cavalry at l’Ailette. Engagement in the Third Battle of the Aisne. The offensive resumes, it is then 16 officers and 629 men who do not get up, dead, wounded or missing. Until the armistice, Dauphin Cavalry was in all business, taking prisoners in September 1166 including 19 officers. This fact of arms earned him a citation to the order of the army Order. Fixes the fodder of the Croix de guerre to the standard on. French cavalry during the First World War. Cavalry charge, painting by Emilian Lzrescu. As imagined by this Romanian painter installed in France. The French cavalry during the First World War had a relatively secondary participation in the events. As the fighters on horseback. Proved to be very vulnerable to the firepower. Mainly carried out auxiliary. Missions during the “Great War”. (from 1914 to 1919), even if the beginning of the conflict corresponded to its peak in terms of mounted personnel. Mainly deployed on the Western Front. Participated in the operations. Of the summer of 1914, mainly ensuring reconnaissance. Quickly, the riders fight systematically dismantled. From the autumn of 1914, trench warfare. Had the effect of greatly diminishing the role of the cavalry: part of the regiments abandoned their horses, formed “cavalry divisions on foot” and participated in the fighting as infantrymen. The resumption of the war of movement. In 1918 gave the cavalry a new use, as mounted infantry. Several other cavalry regiments were sent to the other theatres of operations. Of the First World War, where they were sometimes much more useful on horseback than on foot: in the Maghreb. Or in the Near East. Finally, this period is also that of the beginning of mechanization, the French cavalry receiving for the first time in endowment some machine guns. Has several types of cavalry. Units, whose name, armament and uniform are legacies. Form the heavy cavalry. Belong to the light cavalry. Added to this are the Hunters of Africa. Who are the light horsemen of the Army of Africa. Between heavy cavalry and light, the differences concern the horses respectively on the one hand Anglo-Normans. And on the other hand Anglo-Arabs. The size of the riders (large in the heavy, small in the light). And the expected service the heavy is supposed to face the opposing cavalry in pitched battles. While the light takes care of the small war. Between 1872 and 1913, a succession of laws changed the duration of military service. And the method of recruitment, which had an impact on the training of riders: in 1872, the duration of service was set at five years and the drawing of lots. In 1889, the duration was reduced to three years. Finally, the law of 21 march 1905 increased the duration of service to two years, while the drawing of lots was abolished. This last law posed a problem for the supervision of the cavalry, which felt that it needed more time to train its cavalry: in 1913, the three-year law. Increased the duration of military service by one year, which gave it satisfaction. The recruitment of the cavalry is traditionally a little peculiar: the proportion of cadres, that is to say the officers. Is much higher than in the infantry. A larger proportion of the workforce is made up of career military personnel. Finally there are many descendants of the ancient nobility. In 1879, after Édouard Detaille. Pants and feathered shako. Is completed by a rifle. All riders are armed with the sword. With a right blade in the heavy cavalry and a curved blade in the light one. The use of the spear. In the French cavalry had been abolished in 1871 but this weapon has been distributed again since 1890 in all dragoon regiments, in reaction to the renewal of the spears of the German uhlans. The light cavalry in turn received the spear from 1913: a dozen regiments of hussars and hunters obtained it before leaving for the field. This spear is made of Tonkin. (model 1890) or steel (model 1913), in the second case 2.97. The armament is completed by a rifle. That is to say at the time a rifle. With a shortened barrel. Of three shots, endowment of 48 cartridges and an increase. Up to 2,000. But graduated only between 200 and 1,000. (models 1873 or 1892, for officers, non-commissioned officers and all riders not carrying the rifle). In heavy cavalry, the rider’s head is protected by a metal helmet. While his neck is protected by a floating mane. Cuirassiers have the particularity of wearing the cuirass. Weighing eight kilograms, which effectively protects from bladed weapons. But not from shrapnel, shrapnel. From 1900, all heavy cavalry had to wear the dark blue cloth tunic. And facing legs of. The cuirassiers were madder. While those of the dragons were white, the madder pants piping. In dark blue and the bluish iron gray. For the light cavalry, the breeches. Madder cloth and the tunic is of sky blue cloth the brandenburg. Is gradually replaced since 1900, supposed to blend into the background of the landscape, the previous wars having demonstrated the interest of a little camouflage. Experiments were carried out to find an even less visible field outfit: the “réséda”. Colour outfit (a dark green) was tried in 1911 by the. The difference between the types of regiments is limited to the collar and facing legs, madder for hunters and sky blue for hussars. To replace the shako. A dozen helmets were tested between 1879 and 1913 in several regiments of hussars and hunters: at first type “policeman”, or crested, leather (enough to protect from sword blows), then metal (steel and copper or aluminum). The helmet adopted in 1913 resembles that of the dragons, the steel bomb. Decorated with a brass headband with on the front a decoration representing a hunting horn. For hunters or a five-pointed star for hussars, the crest bearing a mane, with a canvas field helmet cover: only a few regiments are partially equipped in 1914, deliveries planned until 1919. The cavalry is structured in hierarchical units. With for each level a theoretical strength. About 30 cavalrymen formed a platoon. Commanded by a lieutenant. Four platoons make up a squadron. Of 120 to 135 horses under the command of a captain. Four squadrons are grouped in peacetime in a regiment. Of about 500 swords. Commanded by a colonel. (two squadrons, or a “half-regiment”, may be assigned to a squadron leader). Two or three regiments form a brigade. Two or three brigades form a division. Each commanded by a brigadier general. The organization is exactly the same as in Germany, with similar numbers. Finally, cavalry units systematically include fewer men than in infantry: a cavalry platoon is the size of half an infantry section. A squadron is the size of two sections, a cavalry regiment is equivalent to only two infantry companies. A cavalry brigade a battalion. And a cavalry division a simple infantry regiment. L’entrée du quartier de cavalerie c’est-à-dire la caserne. (recréé en 1873) à Vendôme. Ce régiment léger est affecté à la. Colonne de cavalerie française au début du. Siècle, lors des grandes manuvres. The item “WW1 French Calvary/Infantry with Liner and Strap SEE STORE MORE HELMETS -MEDALS” is in sale since Tuesday, October 12, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW I (1914-18)\Original Period Items\France”. The seller is “bigjeffnola” and is located in Madisonville, Louisiana. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Region of Origin: France
- Featured Refinements: French Helmet
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: France
- Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
- Theme: Militaria
- Original/Reproduction: Original
