GIBERNA COVER OF THE 1st REGIMENT OF THE VOLTIGEURS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, Second Empire. 26887

CARTRIDGE COVER OF THE 1st REGIMENT OF THE VOLTIGEURS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, Second Empire. 26887

In white canvas, rectangular in shape with rounded lower edges. Printed in black ink on the front of a crown framed by a grenade and a hunting horn in each corner. The upper part is intended to fold onto the top of the pouch. The lower part is lined, like the sides, with a 3 cm wide canvas intended to encase the box of the pouch. Marking on the back in black ink of the 1st Regiment: imperial crown and “1er V.”, number “3027”. H 21 cm

France.
Second Empire.
Good condition, color of the ink faded and canvas yellowed.

NOTE :
This pouch cover is reproduced under figures 736 and 737, page 374, of the work by Louis Delpérier “THE IMPERIAL GUARD OF NAPOLEON III” Éditions du Canonnier 2000.

HISTORY:
According to Lieutenant de la Forest-Divonne of the 1st Grenadier Regiment, the cartridges were placed in stores on July 25. The Guard infantry retaining only the cartridge pouches. This measure was confirmed by General Vinoy on July 31. The cartridge case, however, appears on the panorama that Detaille and de Neuville devoted to the battle of Rezonville (August 16, 1870).