Infantry Collection (page 7)

Norman weaponry: banner on lance 231, flags 232-235, infantry lance 236, infantry shields or targe 237-239
FLO4702767 Norman weaponry: banner on lance 231, flags 232-235, infantry lance 236, infantry shields or targe 237-239 and cavalry shields 240-241

Imported leather French Chasseur shako
3481435 Imported leather French Chasseur shako; Private Collection; (add.info.: Imported leather French Chasseur shako which were issued to several Union regiments along with French uniforms but not)

Union Forage Cap
3481434 Union Forage Cap; Private Collection; (add.info.: Union soldiers forage cap of the 40th Massachusetts Volunteers with badge of the 3rd Division of the 24th Army Corps); © Don Troiani

A sultan with Janissaries
3330091 A sultan with Janissaries; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a sultan with Janissaries. Janissaries were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops)

A knight armed with a martel, 1220. He wears a chainmail hauberk, hood, chausses
FLO4678625 A knight armed with a martel, 1220. He wears a chainmail hauberk, hood, chausses, and carries a buckler and martel de fer (war hammer)

William Longuespee, Long Sword, Third Earl of Salisbury, 1176-1224. In chainmail hood that covers the mouth, hauberk
FLO4678620 William Longuespee, Long Sword, Third Earl of Salisbury, 1176-1224. In chainmail hood that covers the mouth, hauberk, shoes, spurs

A suit of jousting armour, 1480. With grand guard to protect the breast and left shoulder
FLO4678485 A suit of jousting armour, 1480. With grand guard to protect the breast and left shoulder, volving piece and right shoulder protector, and elbow guards or armguard

King Henry VII of England and a billman, 1490. Henry VII's engraved suit of armour in the Tower of London
FLO4678481 King Henry VII of England and a billman, 1490. Henry VII's engraved suit of armour in the Tower of London, with convex breastplate, puckered plate skirt of lamboys

Henry VI, King of England, 1422. He wears a crown on his helmet, an armorial tabard over gold plate armour
FLO4678448 Henry VI, King of England, 1422. He wears a crown on his helmet, an armorial tabard over gold plate armour and carries a bent shield

Sir Thomas Shernborne, English knight and chamberlain to Queen Margaret of Anjou, 1458
FLO4678436 Sir Thomas Shernborne, English knight and chamberlain to Queen Margaret of Anjou, 1458. He wears a suit of plate armour with a distinctive plate gorget or hauus-col

A knight of the Birmingham family, 1420. He wears a bassinet, suit of plate armour with flexible cuirasset, knee pads
FLO4678397 A knight of the Birmingham family, 1420. He wears a bassinet, suit of plate armour with flexible cuirasset, knee pads, shoulder and elbow plates, and carries a battle axe

A soldier and knight, 1295. Knight in bacinet helmet, gamboised coat hauberk and chausses, elbow plates, with shield
FLO4678336 A soldier and knight, 1295. Knight in bacinet helmet, gamboised coat hauberk and chausses, elbow plates, with shield, lance and sword

De Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1280. Knight in chainmail hauberk and tunic, with knee poleyns, sword
FLO4678324 De Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1280. Knight in chainmail hauberk and tunic, with knee poleyns, sword, lance and shield with coat of arms. From a monument in Hatfield Broadoak church

Alexander I King of Scotland - Alexander I, King of Scotland, 1107. Alexander the Fierce, 1078-1124
FLO4678322 Alexander I King of Scotland - Alexander I, King of Scotland, 1107. Alexander the Fierce, 1078-1124. He wears a helmet, hauberk tunic with hood

Sir Oliver de Ingham, 1287-1343, English knight and soldier under King Edward II of England
FLO4678196 Sir Oliver de Ingham, 1287-1343, English knight and soldier under King Edward II of England. Chainmail with black plate armour, brassarts, knee pads, sollerets, etc

John de Eltham, First Earl of Cornwall, 1316-1336, second son of King Edward II of England
FLO4678178 John de Eltham, First Earl of Cornwall, 1316-1336, second son of King Edward II of England. He wears a conical cervelliere helmet with coronet, vandyked drapery and gorget

French military uniform, Directory era, 1797. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's
FLO4572640 French military uniform, Directory era, 1797. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

I as instructor, infantry, ichneumon, isarthron, index finger, insect. Insect alphabet
DUV4198756 I as instructor, infantry, ichneumon, isarthron, index finger, insect. Insect alphabet. Library of education and recreation. Drawings by Leon Becker (1826-1909)

Assault on the Malakoff Redoubt (litho)
8664024 Assault on the Malakoff Redoubt (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French assault on the Malakoff Redoubt, Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War, 1855)

Japanese infantry charging the enemy, Battle of the Yalu River, 1904 (litho)
8655609 Japanese infantry charging the enemy, Battle of the Yalu River, 1904 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Japanese infantry charging the enemy at Wiju)

Japanese troops storming Russian trenches, Battle of Nanshan, 1904 (litho)
8655599 Japanese troops storming Russian trenches, Battle of Nanshan, 1904 (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Battle of Nanshan, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho)
8655597 Battle of Nanshan, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho) by Koekkoek, Hermanus Willem (1867-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Third Japanese attack on Nanshan Hill, Battle of Nanshan)

Japanese infantry attacking a Russian-held hill, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho)
8655580 Japanese infantry attacking a Russian-held hill, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: British troops from the besieged city of Jellalabad
530481 First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: British troops from the besieged city of Jellalabad, under the leadership of Henry Havelock, attacking the camp of Akbar Khan

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of St Quentin, January 1871. Hand-to-hand fighting between French (right)
530569 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of St Quentin, January 1871. Hand-to-hand fighting between French (right) and Prussian (left) troops. Wood engraving c1880.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. A Landwehr regiment of the Prussian army on the march led by drummer
530567 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. A Landwehr regiment of the Prussian army on the march led by drummer. Wood engraving, September 1870.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Franco Prussian war, 1870
1583484 Franco Prussian war, 1870; (add.info.: Charge of French (Chasseurs a'Athgue) on Prussian Infantry at Sedan.); Windmill/Robert Hunt Library/UIG.

The quarters for infantry at the camp of Chalons, 1860 (engraving)
1579679 The quarters for infantry at the camp of Chalons, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the quarters for infantry at the camp of Chalons)

Boxer Rising, China, 1899-1901: Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance under the command of Japanese Colonel Kuriya
528583 Boxer Rising, China, 1899-1901: Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance under the command of Japanese Colonel Kuriya, attacking Tianjin (Tientsin), 14 July 1900

Roman soldiers and lictor (engraving)
8635783 Roman soldiers and lictor (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman soldiers and lictor. Illustration from Rom)

DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria
CUL4861276 DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria espanolas. 1851 - 1859

Infantrymen during the reign of Philip IV and Charles II of Spain (1621-1700), 1851-59 (engraving)
CUL4859767 Infantrymen during the reign of Philip IV and Charles II of Spain (1621-1700), 1851-59 (engraving) by Spanish School, (19th century); Academia General Militar, Zaragoza

Spain (1833). Line infantry (1) and light infantry (2),. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid
CUL4879098 Spain (1833). Line infantry (1) and light infantry (2),. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid

Spain (19th c.). Carlist Wars. Album of the Carlist troops of the North. Castilian Infantry. Litography
CUL4879479 Spain (19th c.). Carlist Wars. Album of the Carlist troops of the North. Castilian Infantry. Litography. Private Collection; (add.info.: Spain (19th c.). Carlist Wars

DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Memoirs for the history of the troops of the Royal House of
CUL4878282 DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Memoirs for the history of the troops of the Royal House of Spain. 1828. Hunter

The Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, by Francois Godefroy (1743-1819)
CUL4877689 The Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, by Francois Godefroy (1743-1819). American War of Independence, the United States, 18th century. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY)

Uniforms of the French army of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815): a soldier of the infantry of 1799
NWI4837189 Uniforms of the French army of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815): a soldier of the infantry of 1799 and a grenadier of 1795

Postcard, in Colors: Soup - Patriotism, Obliteration - Soldiers
ICA4839459 Postcard, in Colors: Soup - Patriotism, Obliteration - Soldiers; (add.info.: Postcard, in Colors: Soup - Patriotism, Obliteration - Soldiers); Photo © Caricadoc.

War 14-18:French Infantry fighting, c.1915 (Postcard)
ICA4837555 War 14-18:French Infantry fighting, c.1915 (Postcard); (add.info.: Postcard, in N & B, 1915_3_3: French Infantry Combat en plain LL - War of 14 -18, Photography, Fighting, Infantry)

Soldier of the saxon infantry, 14th century. Late 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4848708 Soldier of the saxon infantry, 14th century. Late 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive.

Cortege of a Mughal ruler in India. Mogul and brokers riding in palanquins on elephants
FLO4623640 Cortege of a Mughal ruler in India. Mogul and brokers riding in palanquins on elephants, guarded by cavalry and infantry

Abyssinian infantry with spear and shield, and Abyssinian cavalry with lance
FLO4619825 Abyssinian infantry with spear and shield, and Abyssinian cavalry with lance. In victory they were known to cut off the manhood of their vanquished enemies

Union Officer's Slouch Hat
3481441 Union Officer's Slouch Hat; Private Collection; (add.info.: Union Officer's Slouch Hat worn by Colonel William S)

Union Forage Cap
3481437 Union Forage Cap; Private Collection; (add.info.: Fez of the 62nd New York Volunteers, The Anderson Zouaves); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022.

Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden
3078280 Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden; (add.info.: Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden (1750-1811) a Russian infantry general and government official

Soldier in black corselet armour with epaulettes holding a rondell or rondache shield with slits for vision
FLO4678638 Soldier in black corselet armour with epaulettes holding a rondell or rondache shield with slits for vision and sword thrusts, 1625. In the possession of Llewelyn Meyrick

Long bellied armour, 1545. Suit of engraved armour with large long belly, large pass guards
FLO4678591 Long bellied armour, 1545. Suit of engraved armour with large long belly, large pass guards, plumed and visored helmet and pike

Two suits of armour, 1540, in the possession of Llewelyn Meyrick. Fluted suit of armour
FLO4678580 Two suits of armour, 1540, in the possession of Llewelyn Meyrick. Fluted suit of armour and bourgoinot helmet of King Ferdinand of the Romans (left)

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Infantry: The Backbone of Warfare From ancient Roman legions to modern-day armies, the infantry has always been at the forefront of battle. Their unwavering courage and unyielding spirit have shaped history and left an indelible mark on countless battlegrounds. The military badge worn proudly by these brave soldiers symbolizes their commitment to duty and sacrifice. It represents a long-standing tradition that dates back centuries, reminding us of their valor in the face of adversity. One such example is "The Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuck during the Retreat from Kabul, 1841. " This harrowing event exemplifies the resilience displayed by infantrymen when faced with overwhelming odds. In "The Canadians at Ypres, " artist William Barnes Wollen captures another poignant moment in history. The image depicts Canadian soldiers bravely holding their ground amidst chaos and destruction during World War One. Scottish regiments also played a vital role in conflicts like World War One, as seen in "Badges of Scottish Regiments - World War One. " These badges represent not only pride but also honor for those who fought gallantly on foreign soil. Looking further back into history, we find ourselves witnessing pivotal moments like the Battle of Pyrenees in 1813. Here, infantry units clashed fiercely against formidable foes, displaying remarkable tenacity despite challenging terrain and harsh conditions. Fast forward to D-Day's landing on Omaha Beach; it was through sheer determination that Allied forces triumphed over adversity. Infantry troops stormed ashore under heavy fire, marking a turning point in World War Two's European theater. "The British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo" showcases yet another defining moment where infantry formations proved instrumental in securing victory against Napoleon's forces. Their discipline and strategic maneuvers turned tides on that fateful day in 1815. Even ancient Rome recognized the importance of well-trained foot soldiers donning distinctive attire while marching into battle.