Epaulettes according to rank during emppire

Please find a description of all types of epaulettes used during empire period

Chasseurs a cheval de la garde, favourite uniform of Napoleon. Epaulettes for colonel.

The epaulettes of the most appreciate uniform of the emperor. Golden thread on red melton.
PRICE BY PAIR

Grenadier de la garde imperiale". Second favourite uniform of Napoleon, epaulettes for colonel.

Exact copy of the epaulettes that fitted with the second favourite uniform of Napoleon. Only small gold discs are not usual in the epaulettes of the emperor, you can order with or without them...It fits very well to a "colonel de la garde". They are copied on Dorsenne epaulettes in "Musée de l'Empéri".

Epaulettes silver Baden style

To show that we can do many types of epaulettes...

Light infantry, dragoon...etc. Epaulettes for lieutenant, price by pair

Decribed in Encyclopédie des uniformes Napoleoniens, page 243.
Fits for light infantry, light cavalry chasseurs, cuirassier and dragoon.

Artillerie à cheval de la garde, officer epaulettes

We can make all epaulettes for any rank.

Dragoon senior officer epaulettes

Copy of D'Ornano epaulettes in musée de l'Empéri.
For a colonel, but we can add stars.

Staff officer, Empire epaulettes (price by pair)

For a lieutenant or captain
Copied on a pair sold by Bertrand Malvaux.

Grenadier à pied et à cheval de la garde. Napoleonic officer epaulettes

Grenade on "greek shield" for grenadier.
One epaulette with thin fringes and one contra epaulette for captain or lieutenant.
Same epaulettes for grenadier on foot and on horse, on right you have to add aiglets.
Small discs inside horizontal torsades for generals.

Emperor's epaulettes in sainte helene, line colonel, museum of sens type.

These epaulettes were those of the Emperor in Sainte Helen.

He could not buy his usual epaulettes in France because british authorities avoided all contacts with France.

Normally, he had to wear epaulettes of "colonel de chasseur à cheval de la garde" on his green and red uniform.

We can of course supply these epaulettes, but he never used them as long as he was the Emperor .

Field's marshall Empire epaulettes

Regulation epaulettes for field's marshals of the Empire, made in the traditional way, with crossed batons

Epaulettes of general or marshall, 1844 regulation type

Type of epaulettes for general de division used from 1844 till beginning of XXth century.
We made it to complete the full uniform of "General Marchand", died in 1861, famous general of Napoleon....1st.

Palms on greek shield, laurel and oak on body, silver or gold Empire epaulettes: type I

We can realise this type on any melton, choose your colour when ordering!
You can also choose the colour of embroideries and we can make epaulettes with 5 ranks of thin fringes or big torsades on one side, and nothing on other side(contra epaulette).

Epaulettes for officer, first empire, type II

It is not an invention , you can find them in "catalogue de vente 2006" of Mr Bertrand Malvaux (22 rue Crébillon,44000 Nantes).

We can reproduce them on dark marine or scarlet melton, and from lieutenant to general.
One on stock, Gold on dark marine for lieutenant or captain, with a grey shadow on "buckler"...less expensive!

Chess and spider web, napoleonic officer epaulettes, silver or gold, type III

In silver, could fit for instance to Gourgaud who was the first "officier d'ordonnance de l'Empereur" to be colonel.

Palms...etc, Empire officer epaulettes, type IV

Nice type, one more.

Epaulettes for officer empire, type V

Presented in "catalogue de vente 2006" of Mr Bertrand Malvaux, page 51.

Imperial Guard, chess and chevrons, officers, generic, type VI

Regulation type epaulettes: no special insigna, type of embroideries indicate a guard officer.
Chess and chevron are more for imperial guard, picture shows a pair for lieutenant or captain

Epaulettes: colonel de la garde imperiale, type VII

Copy from a pair in musée de l'Emperi attributed to an "aide de camp du général Berthier" or an officer belonging to imperial guard
Page 71 of the book: "Les Trésors de L'Empéri", Editions de la revue Napoleon.

Oak and laurel, epaulettes Empire officer:type VIII

Original in Musée de l'Emperi.
Gold squares are similar to regulation type epaulettes showed in "Planches Rousselot".
Many possible colours of melton adapted to the backcolour of your uniform.

Shoulder straps made in our atelier, price by pair

You can choose colour of melton on back.

Me make them in our atelier from a thin cord made in France, sewed around a braid made also in France some decades ago.
Top Quality, low price

Foot artillery of guard. Napoleonic officer epaulettes...

Grenade and canons on "greek shield" for grenadier.
One epaulette with thin fringes and one contra epaulette for lieutenant or captain.

Fish scales and grenade, GOLD, epaulettes Empire officer

Not described in regulation, but it existed, one pair like this one was sold some years ago in an auction.

Epaulettes: sergent de sapeur de la garde

Price by pair

Epaulettes for dragoon officer

From book" Encyclopédie des uniformes Napoléoniens" by Alain Pigeard and Vincent Bourgeot, page 240.
Embroideries colour is gold...bad picture!
Please precise lining colour at the end of your order.

Cuirassier or carabinier, SILVER, épaulettes for Empire officer.

Silver epaulette, body represents fish scales. Grenade on buckler.
Big torsades on one side and none on other is specific to captain or lieutanant.
We can of course make same type of epaulettes for other ranks.

Gendarmerie d'élite. Napoleonic epaulettes for officer.

Silver epaulette, body represents fish scales. Grenade is specific to"gendarmerie".
Big torsades on both sides are used by a colonel.

Epaulettes for colonel de carabiniers

Copied on a pair from musée de l'Emperi.
You can see original types in book "Les Trésors de l'Empéri", pages 196 and 197

Cordon milanaise or mi fin: 2,20 mm, made in france

We use it to make buttons for gorget, cords.
Expensive, but really quite close of napoleonic productions.
Price per meter.

Torsades for officers hats, gold or silver. Price for one

Size 38 to 42 cm. Diametre 8 mm. Each one goes from cockade to button, turn around it and comes back to cockade.
Indicated price is for one torsade, cockade and button are just to show how to use it.

Maréchal des logis chef, cuirassier epaulettes

Made with an old braid and also old fringes, completely similar as original production.

Adjudant commandant epaulettes

Made in the traditional way, copy of an original sample. Gold colour, can also exist in silver colour, for instance for a Directeur adjoint des Postes Militaires Impériales.

Ingenieur geographe, 1803 type epaulettes

Typical "rectangular" shape of consulat and revolution.
Epaulettes on picture are for a chef de bataillon

Chasseurs a pied de la garde. Officer epaulettes.

Regulation epaulettes : one has small fringes, the contra epaulette has none for type on picture (lieutenant/captain).

Marine officer - Epaulettes - The pair

Nice mix of anchor, oak and laurel leaves.
PRESENTED TYPE: capitaine de frégate

Génie de la garde. Officers epaulettes .

Regulation type from Fallou.
2 epaulettes on picture are for a lieutenant or a captain. We can also do them for a colonel, in this case both epaulletes have big torsades....We can also make other types as for chef de bataillon....etc

Epaulettes: captain "officier d'ordonnance de l'empereur", type iii

SOLD BY ONE.
On the other side is an aiguillette.

Epaulettes de sous lieutenant d'infanterie de ligne

Captain or lieutenant, light infantry, epaulettes

Made in our atelier. For lieutenant we add a thin red line in the middle of epaulettes.

Oak and laurel, gold or silver, price for one, Empire officer

Original in Musée de l'Emperi.
Gold squares are very close of regulation type epaulettes for staff officers showed in "Planches Rousselot". So it seems quite good for "officiers d'ordonnance de l'Empereur.
Many possible colours of melton adapted to the backcolour of your uniform.

Shoulder straps for staff officers

Special type for staff officers. Hand made, price by pair.

Shoulder straps, by pair

Very useful to maintain your epaulettes. Exist in different colours, price by pair.
We deliver these straps with their embroideries, you have then to fold and sew them.
If you order them it means that you are able to sew them on shoulders.

Aiguillettes, silver or gold

Made in France. CAN BE MADE IN SILVER OR GOLD.
Now extremities are spotted with small eagles, we can sometimes have a plain type, ask us for stock and price(lower).

Epaulette "trefle"

Very specific epaulettes used for instance by "officier d'ordonnance de l'empereur"

Aiguillettes, new, shiny gold

Made initially for an african army...never used.
With one or 2 cords and aiglets.
More shiny than our usual french production.
For theater
Limited stock.

Gold "plain" epaulette with bullions - The unit

On the other side was the "aiguillette", for "chasseur" for instance.

This epaulette is sold alone....but you can buy 2 and compose your own pair

Epaulettes gold, thin fringes 10 cm long

NOT FOR NAPOLEONIC RE ENACTMENT, we insert these epaulettes in this part of website because people sometimes find our epaulettes with googgle, but don't want Napoleonic epaulettes...
Long 17 cm, large 6 cm in rectangular part, 12 cm in oval part.

Epaulettes gold, thin fringes (5,5 cm long)

NOT FOR NAPOLEONIC RE ENACTMENT, we insert these epaulettes in this part of website because people sometimes find our epaulettes with googgle, but don't want Napoleonic epaulettes...
Long 17 cm, large 6 cm in rectangular part, 12 cm in oval part.

Tambour major, chasseur à pied, Imperial guard, epaulettes.

Scarlet lining, thin gold fringes from an old stock (few remaining).
Price by pair.

Epaulettes for captain or lieutenant (price by pair)

Dark marine lining, no fringes on one side(contra epaulettes) on one side, thin fringes on other.

Adjudant sous officier, épaulettes.

ADJUDANT SOUS OFFICIER
On left shoulder one epaulette and on right shoulder a contra epaulette, red with 2 stripes of metal same colour as buttons and fringe mixed in red and colour of metal of buttons .

Before Revolution till consulat: officer epaulettes

When revolution begins, epaulettes are extremely narrow, this is the type we propose here.
This is for instance the type used by Lafayette before revolution till Consulat.

Epaulettes for line infantry officers

Can be made in gold or silver.
Epaulette can be done with small fringes on one side, none on the other (contra epaulette) for captain or lieutenant.
Thick torsades (bullions) on both sides are for colonel. PRICE BY PAIR

Epaulettes for troop: 3 colours on stock

Not perfect, but it exists and it is not expensive....before a better production, soon existing in red, next line.
15 cm Long, 6,5 cm large.

Epaulettes for troop: 3 colours on stock - copie

Not perfect, but it exists and it is not expensive....before a better production, soon existing in red, next line.
15 cm Long, 6,5 cm large.

Epaulettes: captain or " lieutenant d'infanterie de ligne", end of the empire

Epaulette with small fringes, contra epaulette without fringes.
The colour on pictures is normally gold, this is not obvious, we will make better pictures next time..
You can choose between gold or silver colour

Epaulette end of the empire, sold by one

Epaulette with thin fringes.
The colour on pictures is normally gold, this is not obvious, we will make better pictures next time..
You can choose between gold or silver colour. Lining can be also in different colours.
Delivery within 2 months. Fringes length: 5,5 cm

Epaulettes silver, thin fringes,1 big torsade, 2 thin on border .

NOT FOR NAPOLEONIC RE ENACTMENT, we insert these epaulettes in this part of website because people sometimes find our epaulettes with googgle, but don't want Napoleonic epaulettes...
Long 17 cm, large 6 cm in rectangular part, 12 cm in oval part.

Epaulettes silver, thin fringes, 5,5 cm long, 1 big torsade, 2 medium on border

Long 17 cm, large 6 cm in rectangular part, 12 cm in oval part. Can be attached by a buttonhole

Shoulder straps chevau léger lancier type

On dark marine blue

Aiguillettes extremities with eagles, by pair.

Copy of a genuine piece.
Compare copy and genuine sample of bottom part, only colour change(old is simply dirty).
Price by pair. ONLY BRONZE ON STOCK AT THE MOMENT;