Where can I find pictures of recruitment posters for the French Army during the Napoleonic age?

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Where can I find pictures of recruitment posters for the French Army during the Napoleonic age?

I need pictures for a Global project but I can't find any. Thanks so much in advance!

2007-10-17 10:33:47 · 2 answers · asked by Nanerz 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military

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Thats because they didn't exist, possibly there would have been recruiting notices, hand written nailed to trees in towns in the Provinces or outside the gates of military institutions, but the normal method was to send out recruiting parties to visit towns and villages on Fair days to attract young men into the Army.

2007-10-17 20:24:49 · answer #1 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I suspect they had a fairly rigorous method of conscription. Volunteering was probably only allowed to avoid capital punishment!!!

2007-10-17 10:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋