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Locking at french cuirassiers... http://www.histofig.com/images/empire/uniformes/france/cavalerie/francecav_01.jpg
...it clearly shows that the portemanteu was fitted above the shabraque just behind the saddle. Not on the aft horseback behind the schabraque...
And the same thing goes for the carabiniers. Just lock at...
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/Napoleon%E2%80%99s-Carabiniers_9781841767093/
...and compare the front picture with the Italeri carabiniers at PSR or the new carabiniers from Strelets...
The same thing goes for Zvezda Guard cossacks. On the front picture big shabraques. But on the horses small ones...
So please, make those napoleonic horse shabraques bigger and take care were to put the portemanteu...