page_title: Uniforms of La Grande Armée
section_title: Carabiniers
hierarchical_section_title: Uniforms of La Grande Armée / Troops of the Line / Heavy Cavalry / Carabiniers
caption_attribution_description: English: Carabinier of 1810 from the Grande Armée. From book of P.-M. Laurent de L`Ardeche «Histoire de Napoleon», 1843
context_page_description: The uniforms of La Grande Armée, the army of Napoleon I, are described in this article.
context_section_description: The corps of Carabiniers was a group of heavy cavalry originally created by Louis XIV. From 1791 to 1809, their uniforms consisted of a blue coat with a blue piped red collar, red cuffs, lapels and turnbacks with white grenades, red epaulettes with edged white straps, red cuff flaps for the 1st Regiment, blue piped red for the 2nd; pewter buttons, a white waistcoat, buff breeches, high boots, a black bearskin cap, white cords, a red patch with a white cross, a red plume, metal white chin scales from 1809, yellow-buff edged white belts, white gauntlet gloves, blue cloaks, and white sheepskin edged red. They wore white long gaiters for service on foot and blue overalls for undress. Carabiniers were armed with a dragoon musket with a bayonet and sword. The regiments rode black horses while trumpeters rode greys.
  Trumpeters wore reversed colors, a red coat with a red collar, silver cuffs edged blue, lapels and turnbacks, silver and blue epaulettes, as well as other items described above.
  In 1809, their uniforms were completely modified and saw the introduction of helmets and cuirasses. They wore an all-white uniform with light blue facings and red épaulettes. They wore a brass cuirass and a brass helmet with a red woolen crest named chenille (caterpillar, in French), a sealskin turban, black leather visor and brass chin scales.
caption: Horse carabinier's uniform before 1809
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