What is the name of this hat and the function of those wearing them (worn by Nansouty's French Guard cavalry)?

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It is the headgear of the 1st Polish Guard Light Cavalry (Lancers)

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High (22 cm) czapkas had their forehead metals made of brass (officer's of silver) with a rising sun and the letter "N". For the parade czapka was crowned with 47 cm long plume of heron's or ostrich white feathers,[32] and a c**kade with a blue center, broad crimson middle band and a narrow white outer edging, with the blue practically hidden under the silver Maltese cross.

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The French Order of Battle at Hanau shows Nansouty commanding the Imperial Guard Cavalry:

Imperial Guard cavalry (4,000 men), under the command of General Etienne de Nansouty:

  • 1st division under Philippe Antoine d'Ornano:

    • Brigade Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais
      • Berg lancers (6 sq.)
      • 2e régiment de chevau-légers lanciers de la Garde Impériale (10 sq.)
    • Brigade Pinteville:
      • Dragoons of the Young Guard (2 sq.)
  • 2nd division under Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes:

    • Brigade Bertrand Pierre Castex:
      • 1er régiment de chevau-légers lanciers polonais de la Garde impériale, Young Guard (4 sq.)
      • Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale, Young Guard (4 sq.)
      • Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale, Young Guard (2 sq.)
  • 3rd division under Frédéric Henri Walther:

    • Brigade Jean-Dieudonné Lion:
      • 1er régiment de chevau-légers lanciers polonais de la Garde impériale, Old Guard (3 sq.)
      • 4th Gardes d'Honneur (4 sq.)
      • Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale, Old Guard (6 sq.)
    • Brigade Louis-Michel Letort de Lorville:
      • 1st Gardes d'Honneur (4 sq.)
      • Dragoons of the Old Guard (4 sq.)
      • 2nd Gardes d'Honneur (4 sq.)
    • Brigade Louis-Marie Lévesque de Laferrière:
      • Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale, Old Guard (4 sq.)
      • 3rd Gardes d'Honneur (4 sq.)

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