In alliance with France since 1803. Hesse-Darmstadt was now of interest to France as a supplier of troops. By joining the Confederation of the Rhine, the new Grand Duke of the enlarged state, the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, undertook to provide a contingent of 4,000 soldiers. These were distributed among three infantry regiments, three fusilier battalions, one chevauleger regiment and three artillery companies. Troops from Hesse-Darmstadt were involved in the Fourth Coalition War against Prussia, in the Coalition War of 1809 against the Empire of Austria, but above all in the Spanish and Russian campaigns of 1812.
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
Painted by manufacturer
Scale
Size 60 mm
Material
Metal-Alloy
Epoch
Napoleonic
Time
1789 - 1804
Nationality/Location
Hesse
State
Second Hand
publisher
delPrado
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
