Hecquet - Tracé descriptif des divers objets d'habillement, d'équipement, de harnachement à l'usage de l'Armée - 1998

Descriptive outline of the various clothing items, equipment, and harness used by the French Army in 1828.

The work is world-famous among uniformologists and historians, as it is the first systematic regulation of the French army that assigns visual illustrations absolute precedence over pure text.

1. Habillement (Clothing / Uniforms)
Patterns: Exact geometric templates for tailors to make skirts, trousers and coats.
Head coverings: Technical details on shakos, helmets, and caps including all fittings.
Gattungen: Precise assignment of colors and insignia for infantry, cavalry, and special troops.

2. Équipement (Equipment)
Leather goods: Measurements and construction drawings for belts, cartridge pouches, bayonet frogs, and haversack straps.
Luggage: Specifications for the design of haversacks (havresacs), bread bags, and field flasks.
Metal parts: Technical drawings for buckles, buttons, and insignia.

3. Harnachement (Harness and Saddlery)
Saddles: Blueprints for the wooden saddle trees and leather coverings for the various cavalry regiments.
Bridles: Construction of bridles, bits, stirrups, and pack saddles for the horses.
Shabracks: Dimensions and decorations of saddle cloths.

Condition: light signs of wear to the binding, interior: clean and with a firm binding