Item 70CAP PLATE OF HOMPESCH'S LIGHT INFANTRY CORPS, 1796-1802.
Die-struck brass, oval form, 4 13/16 x 3 3/4 inches. Hompesch's Light Infantry, also called Chasseurs was a corps of light troops consisting of 450 "chasseurs" armed with military rifles and 690 musket-armed fusiliers raised in Germany for British service. They sailed for Martinique at the close of 1796, served.....
