PAIR OF COMMANDER'S EPAULETTES FROM THE 28th INFANTRY REGIMENT, Second Empire. 29186-1

PAIR OF COMMANDER'S EPAULETTES FROM THE 28th INFANTRY REGIMENT, Second Empire. 29186-1

Made of gilded silver trimmings, one with fringes of large twisted cords known as "spinach seeds" and a counter-epaulette, buttons stamped with the number "28", lined with dark blue almost black cloth.

France.
Second Empire.
Fair condition.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Second Empire
1854-1855: Crimean War
Siege of Sevastopol
By decree of May 2, 1859, the 28th infantry regiment provided 1 company to form the 101st line infantry regiment.

Franco-Prussian War
At the beginning of the 1870 war, the regiment left its depot in Nantes on July 29, with three war battalions. It joined the 4th infantry division of the 6th army corps of the Rhine army.
Battle of Rezonville
Battle of Saint-Privat
The depot then formed march companies.

From 1871 to 1914
The regiment was reconstituted on June 1, 1871, with soldiers from the depot, soldiers from the 28th line regiment released from captivity, and the leadership of the dissolved 128th line regiment.
A soldier from the 28th IR dressed to test a new uniform, 1903.
1903: It is reported that the men of the 8th company, stationed in Gaillon (Eure), paraded on July 14 in a "prototype" uniform proposed to replace the one with the "Garance" trousers.