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NAP-32 - Royal Guard of honour, 1811-12

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EK castings NAP-32 - Italian Grenadier of the 1st (Milano) Regiment of the Royal Guard, 1811-12
 
The Kingdom of Italy was born on March 17, 1805, when the Italian Republic, whose president was Napoleon Bonaparte, became the Kingdom of Italy, with the same man (now styled Napoleon I) as King of Italy, and the 24-year-old Eugène de Beauharnais his viceroy. Napoleon I was crowned at the Duomo di Milano, Milan on May 26, with the Iron Crown of Lombardy. His title was "Emperor of the French and King of Italy" (French: Empereur des Français et Roi d'Italie), showing the importance of this Italian Kingdom for him.
 
Infantry:
Line infantry: five regiments from the Italian Republic, with two more later raised, in 1805 and 1808.
Light infantry: three regiments from the Italian Republic, plus another one raised in 1811.
Royal Guard: two battalions from the Italian Republic (Granatieri and Cacciatori), plus other two (Velites) raised in 1806, plus two battalions of young guard raised in 1810, and another two raised in 1811.
 
Cavalry:
Dragoons: two regiments from the Italian Republic.
Cacciatori a Cavallo (light horse): one regiment from the Italian Republic, plus three others, raised in 1808, 1810, and 1811.
Royal Guard: two squadrons of dragoons, five companies of Guards of Honour.