Napoleon in Egypt - Expédition Baïonnette en Argent

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Grenadiers

April 26, 2024

Seeing the pre-orders and teasers for the upcoming release of the Silver Bayonet Egypt prompted me to take a break from Spring Cleaning and return to this project.

These are French line grenadiers wearing Kleber ordnance, a pair from the 88eme demi-brigade and a pair from the 85eme. Rather than the usual blue jackets, the Kleber ordnance is much more colourful. The 88eme had violet jackets with green cuffs and blue collars, whilst the 85eme had brown jackets with yellow cuffs and red collars. Other demi-brigades had red, green or sky-blue jackets. Essentially, the Kleber ordnance is perfect for something like the Silver Bayonet as your basic soldiers can all have distinctively coloured uniforms whilst still satisfying any button counting tendencies.