Uniform of One Hundred Child Guard that belonged...

Uniform of One Hundred Child Guard that belonged to the Imperial Prince, son of Emperor Napoleon III, from Colonel Verly :

- a tunic made of light blue cloth. Scarlet collar with double braid. Pomegranate gilded breastplate buttons. Mark of Paule Tailor of H.M. The Emperor and his military house.
- Epaulettes and aiguillettes in gilded trimmings (added later, not to the model).
- pants in scarlet sheet and sky blue band. Buttons marked with Paule, tailor of the guides.
- Cap to the model of the Hundred Guards.
In blue and scarlet sheet.
Gallon and yellow piping. Design embroidered with the "N" under the crown and its golden and scarlet tassel.
Lined on the inside with morocco leather with label " Équipement Militaire Bressel Paris, Avenue de la Motte Piquet N° 47 ".
B.E.

Provenance :
The catalogue of the Verly sale of 28 March 1946 (see n° 66) reports that this outfit is that of the Imperial Prince who was taking riding lessons at the Hundred Guards riding school with Colonel Verly's son. The Prince had all the models of uniforms of the Imperial Guard.

Bibliography:
Debaecker Collection, figures 315 to 318, p. 244 and notice 131 p. 317 and 318 of the work "Centes gardes pour un empereur" (One hundred guards for an emperor). Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.