ARMY OF THE DUCHY OF WARSAW: Generals, Aides-de-camp, Staffs Vol. 4

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Offers a comprehensive perspective on the commanders of the army of the Duchy of Warsaw, based on previously unused domestic and foreign archival records. Analyses topics such as changes in the structure of commanding the army, officials of the Duchy connected with the military, and the health service and chaplains offering pastoral care to the troops. Contains organization charts of the supreme military offices and of infantry and cavalry regiments. Apart from popular orders, such as the Virtuti Militari and the Legion of Honour, covers 10 other orders worn on their uniforms by Polish generals and aides-de-camp. Illustrations depict Prince Jozef Poniatowski and twenty-eight other generals in various uniforms, worn at that time by high-ranking officers of the Duchy of Warsaw. Other charts show officers, aides-de-camps, and officials employed in the staff and in the Ministry of War. Eight detailed charts offer an insight into the separate parts of the uniforms and accessories. Over a dozen other detailed tables are related to orders and medical equipment.