My elite company trooper also received a
modelling-putty bearskin colpack as in the Otto
illustration. I painted the elite company
trooper’s plume red as was usual for troopers of
an elite company.
The horse in the Otto painting is shown with a
circular ornament on the breast strap of the
harness. The Otto painting of the trooper (see the
next post) has a heart-shaped ornament (which
the Pendraken sculpts have). Both styles were
used by the 24th. This is evidenced by relics
found on the Marchfeld battlefields of 1809.
I pinched some of the features from the Otto
officer painting (see Post 150) for my junior
officer carrying the regiment’s standard. This
included painting the cloth saddlecloth trim the
facing colour rather than the usual silver. I
painted the flagpole red rather than the normal
blue. I thought this went well with the orange
and green of the chasseurs and wasn’t unusual
as shown in David’s The Distribution of the Eagle
Standards (see Post 85).
Elite Company of the 24th
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