Historical Military Uniforms

Illustrations of various military uniforms from different eras and regions, reflecting historical attire and their roles in military history.

Schwarzenberg, Edmund Prince.

Atambor; Guardia, espanola; Alabardero, armado á la suiza; Lansquenet, aleman. 1496 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Drums, Spears, guards , Spain

Engraving depicting King James II of England (1633-1701) wearing the armour he who at the Battle of Boyne. Dated 19th century

Great Britain. England, 1066-1741. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Vocero, señorial. 1260 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Daggers & swords, Heralds, Shields

Johann Bizka in his armour, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Turkey, 1820. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

German armour, knight on horseback, made in Nuremberg, Germany, c. 1450, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Maskdede utility, 25 June 1901 / jeanne the arc

Turkey, 1815-20 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

France, 17th century. Policeman and farmer.

Turkey, 1821-25. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

Great Britain, 1817-28. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

History of Germany. 1350-1400. From left to right, 9-10: knights in battle dress, 11: nobleman. Chromolithography. Detail. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.

Switzerland hosting the French Army, vintage engraving. Switzerland hosting the French Army, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679923

Russia, 1840. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Subaltern officer of the Janissaries, the Ottoman infantry. Inferior officer of the guard corps taking a roster. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Octavian Dalvimart from William Alexanders translation of Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, Thomas MLean, London, 1814.

Sir John Hawkwood, English mercenary or condottiere in 14th century Italy, (1819). Artist: Unknown

Norman, horseman, knight and warrior, England, ca 1060, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Frankish warrior, axes and franciscas (from a 7th century manuscript) and seven crowns (from the Portal of St. Germain des Pres, Paris. Haches et Francisques, Guerrier Franc combattant. Figures tirees dun manuscrit du VIIe siecle, maintenant en Angleterre. Sept couronnes du Portail St. Germain des Pres. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

American Revolution. True illustration of the soldiers of the Congress in North America, after the drawing of a German officer, Johann Martin Will, c. 1780. The soldiers wear uniform based on a Virginia hunting shirt, with decorative fringe. It was made of linen, minimally tailored, and featured a cape collar to protect from rain, and leggings (BSLOC_2019_3_203)

Turkey, 1810-17. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

Soldier under Charles Martel, of after Montlucon, vintage engraving. Soldier under Charles Martel, of after Montlucon, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660285

General-Leitenant S. A. Khrulev.. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

Officer sends a drunk soldier to the disciplinary room, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1828 print The drunk soldier tries to escape from his sentence by saying that he stumbles through his gout. Paris paper disciplinary punishments ~ military life. drunkard

1600s A MUSKETEER IN TIME OF LOUIS XIII BY MEISSONIER DEPICTS A SINGLE MILITARY MAN MUSKET ON SHOULDER SWORD RAPIER AT SIDE

Edward III, King of England (1312-1377, reigned 1327-1377). Seen here on a battlefield in France. Date: 1312 - 1377

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

Τό παλληκάρι - Le palicare , Soldiers. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Infanterie. , 1645. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Austria, Spears, Rifles

Sitting medieval knight in armor. .

Soldier of the Izyum hussar regiment, 1776-1788, Anonymous

A Greek soldier (Evzone) , Soldiers, Greece. Stratos. Euzōnoi. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Two Eastern soldiers with turbans. .

A gravure photograph by Paul Pretsch titled 'The Soldier's Toast,' captured in 1857, showing a group of soldiers in formal attire engaged in a toast indoors.

Kleidung, Mode, Ritterkostüme im Spätmittelalter, von links, burgundische Rüstung mit Plattenpanzer über Kettenhemd und Barett um 1450, eine burgundis...

Turkey, 1821-25. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

Two Gardists from King Louis Napoleon with Tulbanden, Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1807 drawing paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush (military) uniforms

France, 1795 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

The Figures represented here are both Austrians and are, from left to right: an Austrian general in 1700 and an Austrian general in 1770. The illustration dates to 1882.

Great Britain, colonies (3) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Sergeant of Zeibecks, Turkey, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Sergeant of Zeibecks, Turkey, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Russia, 1840. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Turkey, 1815-20 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

Stereo photograph of two Romanian soldiers in uniform, captured on albumin paper by Franz Duschek, showing military attire and stance.

Settler man, Bosnian military border, Bosnia, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Voyage to the Southern Slavs by Georges Perrot, Le Tour du Monde 1870

Roger of Lauria (1245-1305). Italian marine and military in the service of the Crown of Aragon as admiral of the kingdom's fleet. Portrait. Chromolithography. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Asia. Persia. Tartars from Kazan. Engraving, 19th century. Iran.

Turkey, 1820. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

Fashion, historical clothing in Italy, Rome, army and fencing of the imperial era, illustration, Italy, Europe

Knight with retinue, illustration from the year 1190, from the manuscript of the yearbooks of Genoa beginning in the 12th century, time of the crusades and the Hohenstaufen fight, woodcut, Italy, Europe

Janusz Radziwi (1612-1655), Lithuanian great hetman; II PO .XVIII century (1751-00-00-1800-00-00);

Military and mutiny bengal sepoys out of uniform India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Ottoman Empire. Turkey. From left to right: Vice Admiral, Captain, Navy Officer and Sailor (ca. 1780). Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Monnin. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

Equipped knight at the time of the Hohenstaufen, from the manuscript of the yearbooks of Genoa beginning in the 12th century, time of the crusades and the Hohenstaufen fight, woodcut, Italy, Europe

Hussar officer ca. 1750 German, Höchst. Hussar officer 205820

Pastor. "Captain Dousse (born in Dax on April 15, 1772, aid of Camp of General Schilt in the armies of the French Republic since the year I), officer of hussars". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 34098-2 Helve, armed, captain, cavalry, rider, general, hussard, soldier, officer, portrait, French republic, French revolution, oil on canvas

George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, c1660s, (1944). Portrait of English soldier George Monck, Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670). Monck supported the Commonwealth cause in the English Civil Wars from 1644, but was instrumental in the restoration of Charles II in 1660. From "British Soldiers', by S. H. F. Johnston. Collins, London, 1944

Georg von Frundsberg, also Fronsberg, Freundsberg, George, Joerg von (born 24 September 1473) (died 20 August 1528) was a Southern German soldier and lansquenet leader in Imperial Habsburg service, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Gothic armor. known as à la Poulaine. from 1450 AD. from the book The British Army. 1868. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

Officer of the Kurassiers, in a small outfit with the mantle jacket, and Kurassier in Tenue with the mantle jacket, 1826 Two Dutch Kurassiers. Plate 53. Uniform performance in 'Continuation of the description Hardly the Royal Dutch troops' by J.F. Teupken, 1826. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsprinter: The Hague paper etching / engraving Two Dutch Kurassiers. Plate 53. Uniform performance in 'Continuation of the description Hardly the Royal Dutch troops' by J.F. Teupken, 1826. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsprinter: The Hague paper etching / engraving

Greek soldier in uniform , Soldiers, Rifles, Daggers & swords. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Jan Zizka z Trocnova a Kalicha (John Zizka of Trocnov and the Chalice); c. 1360 - 11 October 1424). Czech general - a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus and a Radical Hussite who led the Taborites. Now a Czech national hero. He was nicknamed "One-eyed Zizka", having lost one and then both eyes in battle

The Allies: France, Algerian Reservist, 1914 - 1921. Eugene Burnand (d.1921). Individual: Algerian Reservist Kablye, 2nd Engineers (Serraghi Cherif of Setif) .

France, Colonies, 1896 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Etruscan Soldiers

Warrior lipan death in a fight in Mexico in 1842, vintage engraving. Warrior lipan death in a fight in Mexico in 1842, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679276

Lieut.Col. Dunne, Commander of the English Battalion in Sicily, 1860. British military fighting in Italy, as part of a '...battalion composed of North Italians and Palermitans...Lieutenant-Colonel Dunne...was formerly in the 44th Regiment of Foot, and afterwards with Beatson as an officer of Bashi-bazouks in the Crimea. He has gained the grade of Lieutenant-Colonel with Garibaldi, having left the English Army with the rank of Captain. Colonel Dunne was with Garibaldi and Missori when the three were charged by Neapolitan cavalry. He succeeded in bringing down his man by a well-delivered pistol-

Great Britain, modern (3) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Guerra Ruso-Japonesa (1904-1905). Soldado coreano. Cromo de Chocolates Amatller. Año 1905. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT GIBRALTAR, 1876: THE HARPER OF THE 23RD ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS, SECOND BATTALION

Samurai with Long Bow. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Germany, 1852-1854 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Janissaries. Elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards. Engraving. 19th century.

1865, Mexique, 1865, Mexique, 1865, Falconnet, Louis, 1864-ca. 1867, by Louis Falconnet, an officer in the French army, from documentation he created or gathered while on his tour of duty in Mexico (1864-1866) at the time of the French intervention.

The figures represent Germans from A.D. 1350 to 1400. They are, from left to right: man of rank, two women of rank, knight in battle costume. The illustration dates to 1882.

The figures here represent a standard bearer and a musketeer from the lands that today comprise Germany. The costumes date to A.D. 1600. This illustration dates to 1882. .

India. Sepoy Rebellion (1857). India revolution that erupted as a reaction against British colonial policy. In 1857 the sepoys revolted and deprived of all authority to the East India Company (1858). Sepoy. Colored engraving.

Turkey, 1815-20 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

Portrait of a French-tunisian soldier (Spahi), standing with cloak, awards and rifle. Part of album with cartes-de-visite and cabinet photos of soldiers in uniform.

THOMAS JONATHAN 'STONEWALL' JACKSON American Confederate general, accidentally killed by his own men in battle Date: 1824 - 1863

The Allies: France, Algerian Reservist, 1914, 1921 Individual: Algerian Reservist Kablye, 2nd Engineers (Serraghi Cherif of Setif) Eugene Burnand (d. 1931), Arabic, France, Portrait, Frame, Soldier, Military, War, Works on Paper

Count NICOLAS ZRINYI (the elder) Hungarian soldier, heroic defender of Vienna against the Turkish invaders. Date: 1508 - 1566

Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich ( Romanov).. 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

Josep de Boneu i Pi. Militar y político catalán. Defensor de Barcelona y provincias frente a la invasión francesa en 1694..

Illustration of French medieval armour and artillery

Great Britain, 1813-15. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

This image, dating to 1910, shows the clothing attire worn by Janissaries. The caption for this 1910 image reads: Janissaries. Janissary, also spelled Janizary, Turkish Yeniçeri (New Soldier or New Troop), was a member of an elite corps in the standing army of the Ottoman Empire from the late 14th century to 1826. Highly respected for their military prowess in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Janissaries became a powerful political force within the Ottoman state. During peacetime they were used to garrison frontier towns and police the capital, Istanbul. They constituted the first modern

THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

Portrait of military commander Joseph Vantini (Yusuf), Benjamin, 1842 print Paris paper. historical persons. commander-in-chief, general, marshal

Bodyguard van den Under-king of Egypt / Garde du vice-roi d'Egypt / Regular Infantry of Algiers / Infantry Régulière and Algérie. Sheet with 3 horizontal rows with representations of the bodyguard of the under-king of Egypt and the Infantry of Algiers. Under the images a caption in Dutch and in French in two columns. Numbered at the top right: n. 146.

Middle Ages. Clothing and everyday objects of the knight. Parts war armor and sword. Old engraving illustration from the book Historia Universal by Ce

HONGKONG CHINESE POLICE

Assortment of Military Costumes of the Renaissance, Medieval Costume

FIGURILLA DE UN SOLDADO DEL EJERCITO DE LA DINASTIA QUING. Location: MUSEO DEL EJERCITO DE QIN SHIHUANG.

Tamerlane Timur (1336 - 1405), Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. As an undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history. Timur is also considered a great patron of art and architecture.

India: 'A Trooper of Skinner's Horse', William and James Fraser, Delhi, 1815-1816

Battle Monument (front), Lake George, N. Y. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Lake George (N.Y.)

Indian Cavalryman at Paschendaele, November 1914. Date: 1914

Diego Garci_a de Paredes (1468-1533). Spanish military. Engraving.

The Allies: France: Moorish Sharp Shooter, Atlas Ouled Zigiane. Eugene Burnand (d.1921)

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