 The "Gardes de la Manche" were distinguished by a heavily embroidered white and gold cassock which they wore over the blue and red and silver uniform of the Body Guard.All four companies of the Body Guard were formally disbanded in 1791, although the aristocratic personnel of the regiment had dispersed following the closure of Versailles as a royal palace in October 1789.They were re-established at the time of the First Bourbon Restoration under an ordinance dated 25 May 1814.