"Grenadiers during the rev wars" Topic
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| Beeker | 01 Aug 2008 8:21 a.m. PST |
Hello all. A few questions related to the grenadiers from Austria and Hesse-Darm / Hesse-Kassel re. Austria – prior to 1798 did Austrian Grenadiers have the decorative bag hanging from their bearskins or was it pinned up high… in other words… do 7 years war figures remain relevant for this period? re. What was the headgear of the Hesse state's grenadiers? Mitre caps or bearskins or bicorns? Also, did either of the Hessian states retain "trainditional" Fredriken-like Fusilier regiments with fus batts in shallow mitre caps as the Russians did at this time? many thanks!
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| Camcleod | 07 Aug 2008 7:04 p.m. PST |
Beeker Ref. Osprey M@A 176 Aust. Army Nap. Wars
Picture of Ottenfeld plate and Plate A1 – Grenadier bearskin with triangular front plate and pom-pom on the right side. Bag is not seen from the front, so I assume it is pinned up. Ref. Osprey M@A 122 Naps. Germ. Allies – Hessen
Grenadier headgear is somewhat confusing. An actual museum pic of a Hesse-Kassel 1785-1806 Gren. cap is Prussian 7YW style.
Plate G3 shows a H-K Gren. Officer Garde-Gren. 1792 in a bearskin with plume on left, hanging bag on right and a large half-oval plate in front.
Plate F1 shows a H-K Fusilier NCO Leib-regt. in Prussian 7YW style Fusilier cap. Hesse-Darmstadt Gren. headgear is even less clear! Hope this helps.
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