"Prussian Jager Feldmutze" Topic
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| wrgmr1 | 11 Feb 2014 10:42 p.m. PST |
Hi Gents, I've got some Napoleonic Silesian Jagers on the painting table, is the feldmutze green or grey? I'm guessing Green, with black band and red piping? Any confirmation? Thanks in advance. |
| Musketier | 12 Feb 2014 5:21 a.m. PST |
Since you refer to black facings piped red, I suppose you mean the Silesian Schützen battalion, rather than volunteer Jäger of a Silesian regiment? The Schützen wore shakos with the standard oilskin wrap. |
| Camcleod | 12 Feb 2014 8:26 a.m. PST |
The Silesian Jager Bn. in shako (btm. centre):
link The uniform of some Jagers in caps attached to the 10th Infantry Regt. in green:
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| wrgmr1 | 12 Feb 2014 9:46 a.m. PST |
Yes you are correct Musketier, I'm taking about the Silesian Schutzen 1st and 2nd Jager battalions. One figure has the soft Feldmutze cap not a Shako. In this image the Volunteers have a green feldmutze, I'm guessing the Schutzen have the same?
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| Camcleod | 12 Feb 2014 10:29 a.m. PST |
In that pic the 4 figs to the left are from the Silesian Jager Bns., the other 3 are Vol. Jagers from different Infantry Bns. – I believe the 10th, 2nd and a red faced Regt.
The Vol. Jagers could be in caps or shako depending on the unit. |
| wrgmr1 | 12 Feb 2014 5:50 p.m. PST |
Yes, I agree with you regarding the painting.
My query is that the volunteer units have a green feldmutze with a yellow band and piping.
These units bought their own kit. Which would by the looks of this painting included a very nice looking feldmutze. However the Silesian Jager Btns were issued kit. Would they have had nice green, black and piped red feldmutze or the standard Prussian grey one? |
| Oliver Schmidt | 13 Feb 2014 1:08 a.m. PST |
The order of the king of 14 September 1808, which regulated the uniforms of Jäger and Schützen, gave them a green Feldmütze with a band in the colour of the collar. No extra red piping for the band on the field caps of the Schlesisches Schützen-Bataillon is mentioned. In 1814 the regulations provide a red piping on both edges of this band. The earliest mentioning I found of this is an instruction of 15 March 1814. I don't know when this red piping was introduced, maybe already in 1808, maybe later. |
| wrgmr1 | 13 Feb 2014 9:30 a.m. PST |
Thanks Oliver, I knew you would have the answer, that's why I posted here. |
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