Code: PA80-17
- French Imperial Guard
Tête de Colonne III 1805
These 3 molds can cast a Trumpeter, Horn Player, Clarinet Player and Bassoonist.
Other Massed Band Figures
The massed band or Tête de Colonne were
the massed sappers, standards, drummers and musicians
which led the regiment during parades and other important
occasions. The band itself consisted of Tambour Major,
two Tambour Maîtres, 46 musicians and 32 drummers.
Also included were two lieutenant porte-aigles and two
sappers.
During campaigns, musicians very rarely
took part in the actual combat, but sometimes served
as stretcher-bearers or ammunition carriers. French
drummers of the time, unlike their British counterparts,
were seasoned campaigners and often closely followed
the assaults of their comrades and suffered quite considerable
losses.
Napoleon himself appreciated the importance
of military music as a morale booster and sponsored
composers to produce anthems and songs suitable for
various occasions. Coignet thought that music of the
band of the Imperial guard at Austerlitz was "Enough
to make a paralyzed man advance".
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