Historical Military Attire

Illustrations of military uniforms and soldiers from various historical periods, highlighting the evolution of military attire and fashion.

The figures represented here are Normans between A.D. 1000 and 1100. They are, from left to right: herdsman, man of rank, pilgrim, five warrors, man of rank, lady of rank. The illustration dates to 1882.

France, early times to 13th century. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Russkoe vooruzhenie s XIV do vtoroi poloviny XVII stoletiia. RATNIKI v TEGILIAIAKH i SHAPKAKH ZHELEZNYKH Russian arms from the fourteenth to second half of the seventeenth century. Warriors in armor.. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1841. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

The figures represented here are Normans between A.D. 1000 and 1100. They are, from left to right: herdsman, man of rank, pilgrim, five warrors, man of rank, lady of rank. The illustration dates to 1882.

Military habits of the 15th century. Soldier in helmet, embroidered tabard holding a chainmail hauberk from Jehan de Wavrin, Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, Royal MS 14 E IV, Pikeman in tabard and hose from The Romance of Jean de Saintre, Cotton Nero MS D IX. and herald with lance, feather cap, cuirass and poleyn knee armour from Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose, Harley MS 4425. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

Soldats de la garde de Charles IX et Henry III.. Willemin, N. X. (Nicolas Xavier), 1763-1833. Prints. 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Art , France , History

Johann Eduard Tourneur watercolor depicting different types of soldage, executed in 1867.

Franc-archer, archer de la garde : 1460. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Russia, 960-1694 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right, 3: pilgrim, 4-5-6-7-8: warriors. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume V, 1884.

France, 1575-1650. Henry III, Henry IV, Louis XIII. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Italy. Genoa, 878-1684 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Ballestero; Piquero. 1492 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Daggers & swords, Bow and arrow, Spears, Armor, Helmets

Bataille des frontières: groupe des soldats britanniques, 1914. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Brush and black ink over pencil with white highlights;

Anglo saxon king in battle wearing a crown and a knee-length chain-mail tunic ("lorica"), a suit of armour reserved for royalty in the 8th century. He carries a yellow shield in his left hand and brandishes a sword in his right hand above his head.. Beside him, his equerry wears a blue cloth hat and white tunic, and carries a white shield rimmed with scarlet. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

Germany. Saxony. Knights 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Graafschap Holland, Smider 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

An episode of the religious wars : Nikolaus von Wenge prevents the Catholics of Solothurn from firing their cannon on protestants.

Soldiers, German Military Dress, First Third of Sixteenth Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

An engraving depicting knights engaged in hand-to-hand combat - after a 15th-century miniature. Dated 19th century

Lancero de mesnada señorial (Año 1360).. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Spears, Armor, Military camps , Spanish, Tents , Spain, Shields

Prince, squire and valet, 15th century (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown

A Horseman in Armor. Unknown

The Archers of Burgundy, Burgundy Guard or Blade Guard, were an armed unit from the Burgundy Guard of Archers, introduced in Spain by King Philip I of Castile, whose components served on foot inside the royal rooms and on horseback in the outside. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883.

James I the Conqueror (1208-1276). Count of Barcelona and King of Aragon (1213-1276), Valencia (1239-1276) and Majorca (1229-1276). Conquest of Valencia. Surrender of Valencia. On 28 September 1238, the surrender of the city was signed. Engraving after a composition and drawing by Dionisio Baixeras (1862-1943). Detail. La Ilustración. Revista Hispano-Americana, 1884. Author: Dionisio Baixeras (1862-1943). Spanish artist.

Pickier's. 1640 Gerasch, Franz 1826-18... 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Austria, Spears, Soldiers , Austrian

A soldier of the Knights Templar. The order was also known as Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon and Order of Solomon's Temple, or more commonly the Templars. It existed fro

Charles V gives grace to the Duke of Saxony, 1546, 1614 print Charles V donates grace to the Duke of Saxony in 1546. It is more likely that this is Johan Frederik the Great, Elector of Saxony, defeated and grace granted at the Battle of Mühlberg, 24 April 1547. The Duke bends his head to Emperor Charles V. Caption of four lines in Latin. This print is part of a series of eight prints, each representing a triumph from Karel V. Netherlands paper etching / engraving granting mercy; free pardon. Battle of Mühlberg

The figures shown here represent German warriors around A.D. 1100. The illustration dates to 1882.

Floris V is shown where the body of Willem II is, 1282; A Frisian reveals to Count Floris V where the corpse of King Willem is located. An old Frisian shows Floris v the place at Hoogwoud where the body of his father Willem II is, 1282.

The image shows two British soldiers between 1450 and 1500. The illustration dates to 1882.

Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Ivan the Terrible 1530-1584) Tsar of Russia from 1533, leading his army at the Siege of Kazan, August 1552. Ivan, sword in hand, mounted on white charger. Popular coloured Russian print, 1850.

'The Macedonian Phalanx', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

Soldiers from the time of 1630, 1635, Magdeburg, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact date unknown, Europe

Rivals Edmund II (Ironside) & Canute meet at Olney where they agree to a partition of England.

Edad Media. Lanceros y Cetrato. Dibujo de Villegas. Lámina número 19 del ALBUM DE LA INFANTERIA ESPAÑOLA del Teniente General Conde de Clonard. Litografía Militar, Madrid, año 1861.

Battle of Mislata (9 December 1348). The troops of Peter the Ceremonious (1319-1387) fought against the Valencian Unionists, defeating them and taking the city of Valencia. King Peter IV of Aragon, the Ceremonious, at the Battle of Mislata. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

Europe. Soldiers. 16th century. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

Arcabucero; Piquero (Año 1534). 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Spears, Armor, Rifles, Shields

Lord Fauconbridge at the Battle of Towton

France, 1500-1575. Louis XII, Francis I, Henry II, Charles IX. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

France, 1843-1844 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Germany. Saxony. Knights 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Medieval knights in armour on horseback at a castle gate with portcullis watching an unknown knight approach. Sir Ethelbert meets Alan. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from The Tournament, or Days of Chivalry, William Sams, London, 1823.

Sergent d'armes du Roi et Ribauds, 1290 à 1330. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

The figures here represent Slavonic warriors in A.D. 1400. They are, from left to right: three Russian warriors and one Bohemian warrior. Bohemia is an historic province in western Czechoslovakia with its capital at Prague. The illustration dates to 1882.

The Earl of Oxford going to trial, 1715, accused of high treason, misdemeanors, and alleged secret plotting with the Jacobite claimant James, The Old Pretender. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and

Holland, Banierdrager van Dordrecht, Banierdrager van Delft 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Russia, 1796-99. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Masquerade of Leiden students, 1865 (plate 9); Coated adaptives held by the members of the Leidsche Student-Corps den 6den Junij 1865, at the celebration of the 290s birthday of the Leidsche Hoogeschool, presenting: the Intogt of Hollanders within Zierikzee under Jonker Willem, Grave van Oostervant, on the 12th August Anno 1304. Historical costumed procession of the students of Leiden Hogeschool held on June 6, 1865 on the occasion of the 290th anniversary of the university. The procession represents the arrival of the Dutch within Zierikzee on August 12, 1304. Ninth plate with the groups numbered 107-114. Part of the series of 16 assumed sheets.

France, 1856-1857 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Executioner, Captain, Boy, Swiss Military Costume, 15th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Franc archers. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Roman legionarty. Engraving.

The Archers of Burgundy, Burgundy Guard or Blade Guard, were an armed unit from the Burgundy Guard of Archers, introduced in Spain by King Philip I of Castile, whose components served on foot inside the royal rooms and on horseback in the outside. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.

French Costumes: Burgundians in Armor #1, Medieval Fashion - Racinet

Diego de León y Navarrete, conde de Belascoain (Córdoba, 1807-Madrid, 1841). Militar español cristino. Grabado de 1870.

Roman legionary. Engraving, 19th century.

Clovis under the figure of Charles VII in military regalia, vintage engraving. Clovis under the figure of Charles VII in military regalia, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673675

A drummer in the Maine Regiment, 1676. Date: 1676

Germany. Saxony. Knights 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Edward, Prince of Wales (son of Henry VI) is murdered by Edward (son of Richard duke of York and later Edward IV) after the Yorkist victory at Tewkesbury

Spielleute der Infanterie Escher, Albert von, 1839-1905. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Austria, Drums

Grenadier of the Preobrazhensky Regiment in 1712 by Chorikov, Boris Artemyevich (1802-1866) A. Suvorov State Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg End 1830s Lithograph, watercolour Russia Classicism History Graphic arts

The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856-1860.

ORDENES MILITARES DE LA EDAD MEDIA. CABALLERO DE LA ORDEN MILITAR DE ALCANTARA. Grabado del s. XIX.

The Lords of Schagen and van Asperen attempt to free Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, 1618. The two armed men are sent away by an officer, The Lords of Schagen and van Asperen attempting to free Van Oldenbarnevelt, 1618 Noble attempt by the Lords of Schagen and van Asperen to free Oldenbarneveld , print maker: Philippus Velijn, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacob Smies, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1797 - 1833, paper, etching, h 144 mm × w 89 mm

Norman soldier, after a manuscript of Strutt, vintage engraving. Norman soldier, after a manuscript of Strutt, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660375

Robin Slays Sir Guy, Robin Hood

France, 1809 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Roger de Flor (ca. 1267-1305). Mercenary warlord who served the Crown of Aragon. Chromolithography. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

49 B.C. Roman Julius Caesar Cesar Leads His Troops From Horseback Across The Rubicon River

An illustration depicting an archer with a longbow. Dated 19th century

Illustration of a Japanese archer. Dated 19th Century

Germany, Bremen, 1813-1866; Cologne, 1275-1774. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Taksony, Toxun geb. 931 gest. 970 oder 973 war 955 bis ca. 970 Großfürst der Ungarn, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

Roman generals Scipio Africanus Maior on horseback and scipio Africanus minor; Roman heroes on horseback. Roman generals Scipio Africanus Maior on horseback and scipio Africanus minor. Both wear a standard. The text Scipio Aphrica is on a sign.

France, 1812 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Costume of a French soldier, 14th century. In bascinet helmet, chainmail shirt, doublet with white cross, red hose, bootlets, armed with sword and polearm. Soldat Francais au 14th siècle. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomtes Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820.

Lancers and cuirassiers from the time of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact date unknown

Frankish archers, 15th century, (1870). Artist: Unknown

Roman Empire. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Rome

Godfrey de Bouillon, duke of Lower Lorraine holds the Crusader banner as he leads the First Crusade.

Knights in armour parading with their ladies before a tourney. Sir Ethelbert and Adelaide with other knights and ladies. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from The Tournament, or Days of Chivalry, William Sams, London, 1823.

Ladislaus IV. Der Kumane, Laszlo, also Kun Laszlo, born in 1262 murdered July 10, 1290, the nobility of the Arpades was King of Hungary and Croatia from September 1272 to 1290, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated,

Utrecht masquerade of 1881 (seventh plate); Triumphelijcke Incomst Vanden Speeligheghen and the Hooghgheboren Aerts-Hertoge Matthias, inside that Princelijcke Stadt van Brussele in T'iaer us Heeren M.D.LxXVIII. Den Xviij Dach January. Held by Lord members of the Utrecht student corps on 28 June 1881 on the occasion of the 245th anniversary of the Hoogeschool.sevend Plate With A Part of the Procession. Part of the Series of Seven Plates Plus Title Process and Explanation of the Costumed Procession by the Students of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences on 28 June 1881 in The Celebration of the 245th Anniversary of the University. Proposed is The Arrival of Archduke Matthias in Brussels on January 18, 1578.

Henry IV of England (1347-1413). Engraving, 19th century.

King Louis XII of France(1462-1515) in armour riding his horse through the streets. Date: 1507

'Battle of Nezib', 1839 (1847). Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce

Johann 't Serclaes von Tilly, military leader of the Catholic League and a general in the Thirty Years' War, historical illustration

STRELTSY Moskovskikh Streletskikh Polkov:Timofeia Polteva, Petra Lopukhina, Iakova i Feodora Lopukhina, v 1674 godu Riflemen, Moscow rifles regiments, 1674.. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1841. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

Weapons used in the 11th and 12th century. Spain. Ilustration, color. 1891.

Renaissance era. Equestrian combat with swords. Engraving by Jost Amman, 16th century. Later coloration.

Chief of the Janizary Chasseurs

Arpad born around 845, died around 907, son of the Fuersten Almos and Grossfuerst the United Magyarenstaemme 886 907, was the leading figure after the Hungarian landing and greeting of the Arpaden dynasty, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

FitzStephen burns his boats, 1169. The Norman invasion of Ireland.

Otterburn - The Advance of Hotspur, (1388), c1910. Artist: Unknown

Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 1475-1519, a Spanish explorer, conquistador and adventurer, Balboa discovers the Southern Ocean, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

France, 1500-1575. Louis XII, Francis I, Henry II, Charles IX. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Oost Ind. Kavalerie. 1806 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Enrolment of volunteers for the French army, Place du Pantheon, Paris. Photograph

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