Perhaps no group in the armies of the Napoleonic era is responsible for more memoirs, exploits and panache than the Aide de Camp. Not just favorites or rich boy with social status (though they could be. The A.D.C.'s had very real responsiblites and important duties to perform. In the era before modern communications they were their commander's voice on the battlefield, it was they who carried orders and correspondance through the worst battlefield conditions. As such they had to be instantly recognizeable. From their gaudy uniforms to their embrodered sleeve sashes they were watched by all as they went about their duties. Also included in this set are the adjutant commandants these were the professional staff officers who kept the day to day operations in tow
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1. Aide De Camp Grand Tenue at the beginning of the First Empire
2. Captain Lebrun, General Staff of the Imperial Guard
3. Aide de Camp, Grand Tenue at the end of the Consulate
4. Officer d’Ordonnance to the Emperor, Imperial Staff 1809
5. Col. Baron Lejune Aide de Camp to Marshal Berthier
6. Aide De Camp, Campaign Uniform 1813
7. General Lemarais, General of a Division, A.D.C. to the Emperor
8. Adjutant Commandant of the Imperial Guard (End of the Consulate)
9. Caron d’ Hevilley, Officer of the General Staff, Colonel of Hussars
10. Murat 1807
11. Officer of the 7th Chasseurs a Cheval, Aide de Camp to a Division General
12. Adjutant Commandant, Campaign Uniform, Attached to the Staff of a Major General
13. Officer attached to the General Staff, Campaign Uniform 1800-1805
14. Officer of the 11th Hussars, Aide de Camp to a Brigadier General
15. Captain Manhes, Aide de Camp to Murat 1807
16. Topographical Engineers
17. Captain Paulin 1810, Aide de Camp to General Bertrand
18. Captain Paulin, Regulation Uniform 1807
19. Officer of the 1st Hussars, Adjutant to the General Staff
20. Captain Weigel, 19th Chasseurs a Cheval, A.D.C. of General Clement 1806-1808
21. Duroc, Grand Marshal of the Palace, 1809