New Perry Duchy of Warsaw as Vistula Legion?

[Warboss Nick]

Now that the Perrys have updated their information on their new Duchy of Warsaw plastic infantry it’s time to address the elephant in the room: Will these be suitable to use as Vistula Legion in the Peninsular War and elsewhere? Unfortunately I don’t know enough about the uniform specifics, and the Perrys have not given any pointers either.

[batu]

I think they have at least stated that they will do metal Vistula Legion figures.

[Warboss Nick]

Thanks! I had hoped the plastics would do the trick, at least with an upgrade pack.

[SJWi]

I'm no expert but looking at Google the distinctive shako badge is very different between the Vistula Legion and the GDW. I doubt very much if there will be an "upgrade pack" sold separately.

[waterproof]

Unfortunately, the grand duchy of warsaw box cannot be used for the Vistula legion. The latter wore the French-style tschako and the former the tschapka shown here.
The tschapka is also of Polish origin.

[Maxromek]

Tangential, but a fun fact.

"Czapka" in polish just means "a hat". And that's any hat - winter, knitted, baseball cap, etc. (Apart for brimmed hats, those are called "kapelusz").

The hat that Polish soldiers wore around the Napoleonic era is called "Rogatywka" in Polish, sometimes translated as a "four-cornered hat" into English. Googling for the name is not helpful though, because the name is the same for any form of "four-cornered hat" that's been in use in Polish military and police services till today. So if you want to google for it, enter "Rogatywka wojny napoleonskie" ("four-cornered hat Napoleoinc Wars).

[Warboss Nick]

Unfortunately, the grand duchy of warsaw box cannot be used for the Vistula legion. The latter wore the French-style tschako and the former the tschapka shown here.
The tschapka is also of Polish origin.

Thanks! I always thought they wore a different uniform than the regular French infantry. Might take a second look at Murawski miniatures for the legion then.