UNIFORMS. Zouaves de la Garde Impériale troop boy's bolero in dark blue cloth with braids, piping and daffodil cords, madder-coloured cloth sleeve cuff, linen lining stamped with service number and dated 4th quarter 1870. Small size. Second Empire period. The regimental number tells us that it belonged to Adrien Charles JACQUIN born in Paris in 1856, a child soldier in 1867 at the age of 11, he joined the 3rd Zouaves in 1874 and ended his career as a lieutenant in 1899 after having spent his entire career in Algeria and Tunisia (Thanks to L. Delpérier for providing this information).