"Baden Uniforms" Topic

I am currently painting up the two battalions of Baden Infantry which served in the Peninsula.

The Histofigs site says that the soldiers all wore helmets, the grenadiers with white plumes above red pom-pom and the voltigeurs with green plumes above green pom-poms. It also says that the fusilier companies had pom-poms in company colours.

Does any-one know what these company colours were?

Rod

In Armies of 1812 Otto von Pivka (Digby Smith) says Baden's rank badges and inter-company distinctions were as in the French army so I imagine the company colours would be 1 – green; 2 – sky blue; 3 – orange/aurore; 4 – violet.

If Digby says French system then I will go by that.

I asked the question because I wondered if they used some other system, like Hesse-Darmstadt companies: 1st Battalion – 1 coy – white, 2 coy – black, 3 coy – blue, 4 coy – red, 2nd battalion – 5 coy – white over yellow, 6 coy – black over white, 7 coy – blue over white, 8 coy – red over white.

Rod

I seem to remember the 4th Baden Line wore French styled uniforms for the peninsular war. Their headgear at some point was changed from the Baden helmet to French shako while in the Peninsular. I painted mine up many years ago with French shakos representative of the change over in 1810.

The Baden regiment sent to Spain was created from two different Baden regiments. 2nd btn. of 3rd Regt and 1st btn. from the 4th Regt. Became the proper 4th Baden Line von Porbeck on 24th October 1809. October 26, 1808 the Baden army changed to French organization of six companies; one grenadier, one voltiguer and 4 fusilier. Note the regiment had two different facings for a time till 1810 when issued new french uniforms.

Part of German/Dutch Div of IV Corps under Lefebvre in 1808 along with their Baden foot battery.
Battles: Durango, Zornosa, Balmaseda, and Espinosa for 1808. In 1809 in the chase of the English, Talavera, Almonacid, and Ocana. For 1810-1812 was chasing guerillas. In 1813 at Vittoria and was disarmed by the French in same year (Dec 1813).

WR

Source: G. F. Nafziger Armies of Germany and COTR 1792-1815 Vol II

Hello, Rod:

By the way, what figures – and what size: 15; 18; 28mm? – are you using for the Badeners with the helmet? They should look quite unique with that headgear!

GdeP

I decided to go early with my Peninsular Baden. Figs are from Connoisseur. Much better sculpts than the raw metal shown on their website.

Hello, Rod:

By the way, what figures – and what size: 15; 18; 28mm? – are you using for the Badeners with the helmet? They should look quite unique with that headgear!

GdeP

All my figures are 1:72 plastics. For the Baden ones I am using up some old Esci Austrians in helmets, which I have probably had for over 20 years.

I am painting them as per Talavera in 1809, helmets and uniforms as 1st Bn 4th Regt (white facings) and 2nd Bn 3rd Regt (red facings).

Rod