ROYAL CRAVATES-10TH
CUIRASSIERS
Croatian Neckties
The
Royal Cravates were the Palace Guards to
King Louis XIII of France. Croatian hussars wore a colorful bandana
around their neck. Hrvat-Cravat and the NECKTIE WAS BORN. Some of these Guards
emigrated to America and Canada; others went on to Moscow.
Regimental
History: In 1643 created from the remainders of the Croatian regiments in
French service which had been disbanded at the time of Louis XIII's death and
named the Royal-Cravates.
War
record: 1805: With Napoleon’s Grande Armee at Austerlitz; 1806-7: With the
Grande Armee at Jena, EyIau and Hoff; 1809: With the Armee d'Allemagne at
Eckmuehl and Wagram; 1812: Fought at La Moskowa; 1813-4: With the Grande Armee
at Leipzig and Hamburg; 1815: Fought at Waterloo.
Adam
S. Eterovich
Amerikonac
Bracanin
Bukari,
Emir
Napoleon’s
Cavalry
1986
Disc
Books, NY