No epaulettes – just shoulder straps in the regimental colours.
From Rawkins CD:
"The infantry coat worn throughout the Napoleonic era was a short tailed coatee based on the designs drawn up for the Bavarian army by Reichgraf von Rumford. King Frederick of Württemberg had met the talented engineer and scientist and was impressed with his designs, military theories and organisational plans. The coat was dark blue with short tails with facing double turnbacks and half-lapels merging to a slight point a hands-width above the waist. The lapels were stitched back with five decorative buttons in the regimental colour either brass or white metal. The lapels, collar, shoulder-straps and turnbacks were facing colour piped white for regiments Nr 1-5, and white piped scarlet for regiment Nr 6.
The cuffs were square-cut and of the facing colour piped white at the upper and trailing edges, with two brass or white metal buttons, one on the cuff actual and one above. The 7th and 8th Regiments had lapels of dark blue piped with the regimental distinctive and the collar, cuffs, turnbacks and shoulder straps were of the regimental facing colour but without piping.
In 1811 new dress regulations prescribed a coat of the same pattern for all regiments but with lapels of dark blue piped either white or facing colour. The collar, cuffs and turnbacks continued to be piped white for most regiments. The edict was applied quickly and this was the coat that the infantry regiments were wearing in 1812 when they joined Napoleon's Grand Armee in Russia.
With the rebuilding of the infantry regiments in 1813 new uniforms were again issued. Once more they were of the same style, basically the 1799 pattern coat, and dark blue with regimental coloured facings on the collar and turnbacks, piped white and all regiments had dark blue lapels piped with the regimental colour; white for Regiment Nr 4, and scarlet for Regiment Nr 6. The shoulder-straps were as before, facing colour with white piping; white with scarlet piping for Regiment Nr 6 and facing colour without piping for regiments Nr 7 and Nr 8.
The style of the cuffs was now changed to a pointed pattern with two buttons of regimental metal colour at the trailing edge, one on the cuff actual and one above the cuff. The 1st Regiment, ‘Prinz Paul' received special recognition as the senior line regiment with the addition of a white lace baton horizontally on the collar and a vertical baton on the cuffs each with a white metal button. In 1814 this decoration was added to the uniforms of the other three regiments with a ‘Royal' inhaber, regiments Nr 2, Nr 5 and Nr 6. the Infanterie-Regiment Nr 1 now became known as the ‘Leib-Regiment' and the ‘litzen' on the collar and cuffs was a special pattern with a small tassel at the button hole."
