"Uniforms of Swedish short-lived units" Topic
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Don Sebastian | 28 Feb 2022 10:28 a.m. PST |
Dear Colleagues, I'm trying to find information about the uniform (if any, since they were temporary formations) of some short-lived swedish units of the Napoleonic period. They are: -Dalfriskyttekåren -Särna friskyttar -Gyllenbögells fribataljon -Sahlsteins frivillga kompani -Heintzi frivilliga kompani -Garnisonsbataljonen -Norra finska gränskompaniet -Södra finska gränskompaniet -Gotlands National-Beväring -Pommerska lantvärnet -Stralsunds borgarskap If anyone knows anything about the uniform of any of those units, I'd be immensely grateful. |
Travellera | 28 Feb 2022 1:16 p.m. PST |
The excellent regimental history(part 5) of the Dalregiment by Pihlström mentions Dalfriskyttekåren and Särna friskyttar on page 209 onwards. It seems they were very poorly dressed which indicates that they wore civilian clothing |
Prince of Essling | 01 Mar 2022 3:37 a.m. PST |
From Rawkins: Kungliga Pommerska Lantvernet The Royal Pomeranian Militia was initially raised in 1806 with an order to recruit all unmarried men of between 19 and 26 years of age and was to consist of six battalions named, Stralsund's, Greifswald's, Barth's, Bergen's, Wolgast's and Gartz's, after the names of the colonels; each were to be of four companies totalling six hundred men. The battalions served with distinction in 1807; but were disbanded after the French occupation of Swedish Pomerania, and were re-raised in 1810-1811 on the Swedish mainland for garrison duties, and existed in 1813 but no details of any service in the campaigns of 1813-14 have been found. The battalions were equipped with a guard style kask with brass plate and white plume and white rosette cockade. A frock coat similar in appearance to the German ‘Litewka' coat was worn of dark blue with yellow collar and cuffs, blue shoulder straps piped yellow and brass buttons. Breeches were dark blue and worn with black knee length gaiters with cloth covered buttons or plain grey overall trousers. Equipment was all as for the regular infantry. |
Don Sebastian | 02 Mar 2022 7:58 a.m. PST |
Thank you very much guys! Anyone knows any clue about the dress of the other units? |
Don Sebastian | 04 Mar 2022 10:25 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have any clue on the uniforms of the Södra and Norra finska gränskompaniet? They seem to have been composed of the remaining finnish soldiers that chose to stay in Sweden and existed for some years up to 1815 or 1816, but always attached to another unit. |
Travellera | 04 Mar 2022 11:25 a.m. PST |
Do you read Swedish? There are some information here: link Seems probable that they kept the uniforms of their original units: Norra Finska=Västerbottens Reg Södra Finska=Savolax Reg/Jägers |
Don Sebastian | 07 Mar 2022 10:45 p.m. PST |
Thank you very much Travellera! |
Prince of Essling | 20 Mar 2022 2:18 p.m. PST |
Gotlands nationalbeväring link Uniform Plansch över uniformer för Gotlands nationalbeväring vid mitten av 1860-talet. Några uniformer som dessa kom dock aldrig att sys upp. De stamanställda vid förbandet bar vid denna tid uniform, men då samma som artilleriförbanden på fastlandet. Redan 1815 fastställdes en uniform för Gotlands nationalbeväring. Den skulle bestå av rock i mörkblått kläde eller vadmal som nådde till knävecket, hade ståndkrage med gradbeteckning, runda slag och vara enradig med knappar med Gotlands vapen. Byxorna skulle vara i samma tyg. Till uniformen skulle bäras halvstövlar med svarta snörtoftar, rund hatt med sex tum hög kulle och två tums brätte och blanklädersöverdrag med Gotlands vapen och emblem. Artilleristerna skulle bära blå och gula ullgarnsplymer i mössan. Uniformen skulle då vara lika för befäl och manskap. På 1830- och 1840-talen bestämdes att artilleriets remtyg skulle vara gult med svarta kanter och att artilleribataljonen skulle bära kartusch för manskapet och att officerarnas och underofficerarnas uniform skulle bestå av schakå, släpmössa, mörkblå jacka med röd krage, korta skört och med fickklaffar och epåletter för officerare, syrtut, långbyxor, kappa samt sabelkartusch med Gotlands vapen på plåten, kartuschrem och sporrar.[3] Dessa bestämmelse fick dock ingen som helst effekt. Nationalbeväringen kom helt att sakna uniform, så när som på de stamanställda. De kom att utrustas med fastlandets uniformer och det bestämdes att artilleriets uniformer skulle vara desamma som vid andra förband på fastlandet. En episod berättas av underlöjtnanten C. J Gråå som på 1880-talet kom till Visby för tjänstgöring vid artillerikåren. I cigarrboden mötte han en ung student som ställde sig i givakt för honom. Han upplevde studentens beteende som underligt tills han fick reda på att det var en av hans underlydande som dessutom var iförd den enda reglementerade uniformspersedeln – en livrem. På 1880-talet började dock detta bli ett folkrättsligt problem, då krigets lagar krävde att stridande var iförda uniform.[4] Vid mitten av 1880-talet inköptes ett antal uttjänta attilor och kolletter från Svea artilleriregemente. Kolletterna hade en grå krage, medan de gula detaljerna på uniformerna svartfärgades. Med tiden blev dessa alltmer utslitna och i takt med att de svartfärgade banden slets började den gula färgen att fläckvis lysa igenom. 1894 fastslogs en ny generalorder som fastslog kårens färg på attilakragen till grön. Under 1895 syddes därför nya uniformer upp vid förbandet.[3] Which Google translate has: Already in 1815 a uniform was established for Gotland's national conscript. It would consist of a coat in dark blue clothing or vadmal that reached the knee fold, had a stand-up collar with a degree designation, round strokes and be one-line with buttons with Gotland's weapon. The pants would be in the same fabric. The uniform would be worn half-boots with black laces, a round hat with a six-inch high hill and two-inch brim and blazer covers with Gotland's weapons and emblems. The artillerymen would wear blue and yellow wool yarn plumes in the cap. The uniform would then be equal for officers and crews. In the 1830s and 1840s, it was decided that the artillery strap fabric would be yellow with black edges and that the artillery battalion would wear a cartouche for the crew and that the uniform of the officers and petty officers would consist of a jack, a sledging bag, dark blue jacket with a red collar, short brittle and with pocket flaps and episcopets for officers, lilacs, long trousers, coat and sabre cartouche with Gotland's weapon on the plate, cartouch strap and spurs. [3] However, these provisions had no effect whatsoever. The National Guard came completely devoid of uniform, as when as on the tribal employees. They came to be equipped with mainland uniforms and it was decided that the uniforms of the artillery would be the same as at other units on the mainland. An episode is narrated by lieutenant C. J. Gråå, who in the 1880s came to Visby to serve in the artillery corps. In the cigar shop, he met a young student who stood in guard for him. He found the student's behavior strange until he found out that it was one of his subordinates who was also wearing the only regulated uniform persé – a belt. In the 1880s, however, this began to become an international law problem, when the laws of war required combatants to wear uniforms. [4] In the mid-1880s, a number of end-of-life attilas and pieces were purchased from svea artillery regiment. The charcoals had a gray collar, while the yellow details on the uniforms were blackened. Over time, these became increasingly worn out and as the black-colored ribbons were ripped, the yellow color began to shine through. In 1894, a new general order was established that determined the color of the corps on the attila collar to green. In 1895, new uniforms were sewn up at the unit. [3] |
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