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Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens von der frühesten bis zur neuesten Zeit
Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger
K. Hofdruckerei zu Guttenberg, Stuttgart 1856
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Uniform plates to accompany "Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens etc" link
Stadlinger plates link
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Lieutenant General d'infanterie
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GENERAL OFFICERS AND STAFF
HEADGEAR
The general officers of the Württemberg army had worn the
same uniform, virtually unchanged since 1789. When the former Duchy and Electorate became a Kingdom in 1806 King Frederick order a new uniform for the general officers and staff of the rapidly expanding army.
The hat remained almost unchanged; a bicorn hat faced with black silk and trimmed with a wide band of fluted silver lace at the
upper edge. The front of the hat was decorated with an embroidered cockade-strap of either gold or silver lace, according to the wearer's branch, infantry or cavalry and the tightener tips were decorated with gold or silver tabs prior to 1808 and tassels thereafter. The cockade-strap was decorated with the enamel and silver badge of the ‘Militär-Verdienst-Ordens'. Prior to 1802 a black silk bow cockade was worn and after that date a small round national cockade of red within
yellow, which became yellow, black and red in 1806. The full dress plumes where white feather with a smack black feather cluster at the base.
General-adjutants wore the same hat and those of the Flügel-adjutant, aide de camps, were the same except that the hat was black felt without facing and was trimmed with plain black silk tape.
COAT
The coat prior to 1806 was a dark blue uniformrock with long tails and a high ‘fall' collar of scarlet with a wide gold lace trim to the leading and bottom edges embroidered with an oak leaf design. The coat was single breasted and closed with a single row of gilt buttons embossed with the ducal cipher, and was lined with scarlet silk and gold lace trim. It was the practice to wear the upper corners of the coat turned back to expose the lining and gold lace. Cuffs were of the Swedish pattern and scarlet with embroidered gold lace trim around the upper edge, and the turnbacks were scarlet with gild lace trim.
In 1806 a new coat was prescribed similar to that worn by the officers of infantry but with lapels closed to the waist and the newly created General der Infanterie and General der Kavallerie were distinguished by lace being gold or silver respectively. The army now had two ranks of general officers, Generalleutnant and Generalmajor but there does not seem to have been any
distinction made on the uniform during the period. The coat was dark blue with scarlet collar upright collar with a wide band of fluted gold or silver lace trimming the leading and lower edges within a line of gold or silver piping. A band of gold or silver oak leaf embroidery decorated the inner edge of the lace. The cuffs were of the Swedish pattern scarlet with gold or silver lace trim as for the collar on the upper and trailing edges. Lapels were dark blue with a gold or silver lace edging approximately 1 inch in width within which was a band of oak leaf embroidery of gold or silver. The turnbacks were scarlet with the same edging as the lapels. Epaulettes were gold or silver according to the branch with heavy bullion fringes.
The General-adjutants coat was of the same basic style but with black faced collar, cuffs and lapels decorated with the gold lace edging and oak leaf embroidery as for the generals of infantry and plain yellow turnbacks decorated with a gold crowned Royal cipher motif.
The Flügel-adjutants wore a similar coat with collar cuffs, lapels and turnbacks black with scarlet piping and a band of gold or silver lace and oak leaf embroidery according to branch colour.
BREECHES ETC
All general officers and staff wore the traditional silver
waist-sash worked through with scarlet, black and gold thread. Breeches were white and worn with high cuffed riding boots. The general officers' riding cloaks were of similar pattern to those of the regimental cavalry officers and were dark blue with scarlet lining to the cape and the collar was for the
uniformrock. When dismounted an infantry style great coat was worn of dark blue with collar and epaulettes as for the uniform coat.
EQUIPMENT
Waistbelts were black leather with gold or silver lace edging
and gilt or silvered fittings and supported a straight bladed degen for the infantry generals and a curved sabre for the generals of cavalry. Sabrestraps were silver for all general officers and staff.
HORSE FURNITURE
The general officers used shabraque of similar pattern to those of the infantry officers with squared front and rear corners and squared pistol holster covers with scalloped bottom edges. The
shabraque was dark blue with a double band of gold or silver lace edging the inner band half the width of the outer. The Royal cipher appeared in the rear corners and on the pistol holster covers in gold or silver.
The shabraques of the General-adjutants were as for the general of infantry but with a single wide gold lace edging and those of the Flügeladjutants the same with the lace gold or silver according to the branch.
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