According to "Polish Troops in the Service of Napoleon 1797-1815" by George Street – pages 128 to 130.
1807 formed into units called "Choragiew" (Banner0 of 50 knights & 50 squires and about 10 officers and headquarters personnel. Some 6,000appeared at Lowicz and 400 were chosen to form the 1st National cavalry regiment.
Uniforms – supposed to wear uniform of region they came from. Uniform consisted of a konfederatka with coloured top and black turban. White bow cockade attached to centre left panel; officers white plume and black for men.
Jackets simple kurtka with facings to collar, lapels and round cuffs and turnbacks. No shoulder straps and all buttons white metal. Trousers double stripe on outer seam in facing colours, black boots. Belts (waist belt & 1 crossover belt – left shoulder) white with brass buckles often with cartridge pouch for officers. Men armed with lance mostly without pennon and light cavalry sword.
Shabraque almost rectangular of the jacket colour with wide edging of facing colour. Round valise grey canvas
Colours listed as follows:
Top of konfederatka/jacket & trousers/facings
Province:
Gniezno – Crimson/ Light Blue/ Crimson
Brze Kujawski – Crimson/ Dark Blue/ Crimson
Sieradz – Turquoise/ Turquoise/ Black
Kalisz – Mid Green' Dark green/ Mid green
Poznan – Dark Blue/ Dark Blue/ Crimson
Exceptions to the above rules:
Brze Kujawski – small black visor to konfederatka, dark blue shouilder starps piped crimson, pointed cuffs, black belts – no trimto Shabraque and also armed with Carbines.
Sieradz – black trousers with Turquoise stripes
Kaliscz -Crimson over white lance pennon.
Poznan – black sheepskin Shabraque no edge decoration and only sabre armed.
1809 – only uniform info for Great Poland districts.
Crimson konfederatka black wool turban.
Dark Green Litewka with crimson collar and round cuffs. Jacket had 6 white square ended battens across the chest at each button hole. Dark Green shoulder straps – unpiped.
Dar Green trousers with double Crimson stripe.
White cross belt (left shoulder) Crimson waist belt with Crimson slings, brass metal work; brass buttons.
Shabraque simple square of Turquoise edged Crimson worn with black sheepskin saddle cover. Brown blanket roll.
Lance had Crimson over White pennon.
