Guide of the General Staff - Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1855 Historical Notes
July 8, 1839, was established half squadron (company) of the Guide of the General Staff, composed of a first and a second sergeant, 2 Corporals, 4 Trumpeters and 40 soldiers. The men were chosen from the older and deserving of the Royal Guard and the Cavalry of the line.
The department was headquartered in Naples.
Guides for the service orders of the General Staff. Until 1859, the Company had its own officers, but was commanded by officers of the General Staff. On 31 July 1859 it was determined that the Company Guide of the General Staff should take the strength of a squadron of regular cavalry, based on plan decreed in June 1833. The officers of the squadron were selected from those of the cavalry regiments in service.
Notes uniformology
The typical uniform of a soldier playing a campaign mounted bodies. As the hussars, the Guide of the MS, on occasions abandoned operations the heads of large estate in favor of more practical kepi giubbe.Il or beret - 1839ad adopted in imitation of French headgear used during African campaign and those describing the sealing-daily mixed with gimp red and black. A peculiarity of the figure is intended Rangona door rifle weapon to support the 22 "light cavalry. In fact, this accessory - normally fitted to the Hussars of the Royal Guard - was little normal for the Guide, which second regulation were equipped with only pistols and saber. However, there is an iconographic source (Collection of tempera dell'Umbriani, Coll.Priv.Roma) in which the use of siriscontra Rangona rifle, and the use of this accessory is not surprising if the analogy between the sipensa Guide and Hussars, quite evident also in terms uniformological. Another feature common to both specialitàèl'uso badge grade applied diagonally on the sleeves, like the bodies feet.
FEATURES
To obtain the officer held in Naples from long marches are party of the French officer Spahis (1856) of Metal ModelesRe f.SE 6
The original piece summer reduced in amplitude of the pants, and filed on the bust up plenty to let the sheer volume of the chest which I then covered with stucco epoxy and shaped to play the jacket and the collar of the same. The buttons are were obtained with blank sheet of lead. arms I removed the right arm is embroidered and gradi.Il been cut at the elbow and riposizionato.Quindi I connected everything with stucco reproducing the folds of the elbow and hand in your pocket. At this point, with epoxy filler, were also assembled, creases of his trousers and played in the major thread that runs down the legs . The head has been little reasonable: the whiskers were slightly modified in the form and have been removed and rebuilt the seams on the kepi. I finally played the chin and the studs that attach the headgear o.
Del p Ezzo original is still the sword with its dragona.La bandolier was made from a sheet of lead and a piece Historex, slightly modified and reduced size. In the lead sheet, or "snap" is also the Historex Rangone, which is added a little button in lead sheet blank. The rifle cal.22 ( came from inventories murattiane), comes from pezzisciolti Metal Modeles. The tascasciabola, very similar to that provided with the Hussars summer cloned using the dell'Ussaro Bourbon produced by CSMS few years ago. summer at the original piece on a piece of MagicSculpt and when this is dried I sprinkled talcum powder and pressed over the grout once dry the Duro.Una Duro, all summer and then finished and connected with a widely sabretache Historex modificata.Le saber straps and tascasciabola are obtained with a thin tin foil and various buckles are from Historex. the belts I then added the small "nettafocone "made with copper wire.
color notes
The the soldier was painted using Humbrol enamels, glazes with some color acrylic Vallejo.Gli gold are obtained with SDM printing ink and acrylic luciad Vallejo. The complexion is achieved with oil paint Winsor & Ne wton.
Bibliography
B Oeri, P. Crusaders, M. Fiorentino, the Bourbon army DAL1830 AL 1861, Ed.Uff.Storico EMS, Rome 1998 ;
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