"Hanoverian 1815 jager Battalion, Grubenhaben 28mm " Topic

Well, I finished the unit early in the week, and just completed basing and now they are ready for your perusal on my blog. Perry figures are fun to paint.

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Nice!

Good job

Lovely unit

F

Nice looking unit.

Grubenhagen was a Light Bn. not Jagers.
Tho supposedly 1/3 of the unit was armed with rifles.

Joe Fish
Man you need to check your info again. Both units you list on you site as Jaegers are in fact light infantry battalions. Even if some rifles were scattered out in these battalions, the only true Jaeger unit with the Hanoverian army in 1815 was ONE company. I would give you the official name of said unit , but my books are still packed away from moving.( there is also a living history group from Germany that recreates these said jaegers on face book and they have some really great uniform pictures)
I also by chance have this Hanoverian Brigade almost finished.

Runicus Fasticus

These were 'Felbattalione' indeed. Very nice unit-composition and painting, I like these Perry-models ever since they've been released.

@Runicus: The name of the particular 'Jaeger' Formation was 'the Kings German hunters'. It was 2 Compagnies strong but only one fought in the Gardens of Hougoumont. The unit was build around the core of the formerly disbanded Kielmannsegge'sche Jaegerkorps that fought during 13/14.

Well oddly enough I'm painting the entire armies that were at Waterloo in 6mm using Baccus wonderful figures. Right now on my painting table is the Hanoverian line brigade that contains all of these units.

Yes Grubenhagen was considered a "Light Field Battalion", but they were originally formed as Schutzen (Sharpshooters) in 1813. Their uniform is almost identical to the Jagers. Although it's possible that they may have worn different hats. Just looking at the figures I would guess they are painted as the Grubenhagen Battalion. So if Joe just drops the reference to the Jagers he is probably right on the money. On the other hand if he wants to call them Jagers then that's okay as well is it not, after all their his figures. The main point here is he has done a marvelous job, great looking unit no matter what you want to call them.

For me in 6mm both of these units will look the same as I'm using the same figures. Maybe Joe chose to do the same thing.

Glenn

Grubenhagen was formed in early 1814 from the Harzer Schutzen
which had been raised in 1813.
Grubenhagen wore the cylindrical shako.
By the time of Waterloo the FeldJager Korps (2 cos.) also probably wore the cylindrical shako.

Cliff

Hello Cliff!

Thanks, that's what I was alluding to. Sorry if I was too brief or unclear. The one exception is I recall one source that I read stated the Jagers were wearing the Prussian soft cap at Waterloo. Obviously I don't know for sure but it could very well be true as otherwise you couldn't really tell them apart at a distance from the other light troops. If I ever obtain any skirmishing figures in that hat from Baccus then that's how I'll paint my Jagers and simply transfer the old ones to another rifle unit.

Best regards,

Glenn