Uhlan, 2nd Regt., 1796. Green cap with black lower section; black over yellow plume. Green uniform with red facings and trouser-stripes; yellow girdle with black stripes; black sheepskin edged red; red shabraque with black and yellow lace edging; black over yellow pennon.
(Print by: Mansfeld after Kininger)
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Uhlan, circa: 1804 - 1815: Wearing the enlarged czapka of 1801 and the single trouser stripe ordered in 1804.
(Print after R. von Ottenfeld)
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The Cavalry
Uhlans - (Cont'd)
Horse furniture was the same as for the Hussars, although from 1798 at least Uhlan shabraques had rounded rear corners. Pointed corners appear again, however in illustrations depicting the uniform at the end of the period.
A new czapka was ordered on September 19th, 1801, 3.25cm higher (22.25cm overall), and the square top 3.25cm wider (the sides 22.25cm). The peak was enlarged to 11.5cm by 23.5cm, with a dummy rear peak turned up at the back. In 1803 some Uhlans appear to have still retained the black and yellow pompom as worn by Hussars. On the 12th of March 1804, the two red stripes down the outer seam of the overalls were replaced by a single stripe.
Regimental distinctions for the four regiments (the 3rd formed in 1801, and the 4th in 1813) were constant; all wore green faced red with yellow buttons, and regimental distinctions being limited to the czapka colour:
No.1 - Mervelt
(later G. de C. Herzog zu Saschen-Cobourg-Saalfeld) - Emperor yellow
No. 2 - FM Furst Schwarzenberg - dark green
No. 3 - FM Erzherzog Carl Ludwig - scarlet
No. 4 - Kaiser Franz - white
Uhlans, c. 1798: The figure in the forground is identified as a field officer by his cuff-lace and the wider lace edging on the shabraque. (Print after: R. von Ottenfeld)
NCO distinctions were as for the Hussars, with czapkas lace ultimately like that of the infantry shako__in 1798, a 4cm lace for corporals, and an additional 1.5cm for Wachmeisters and Estandartenfuhrers. A list of prices of 1807 notes that gold lace was used in the latter cases. Smiths, saddlers and similar craftsmen wore a uniform like those of the 'German' cavalry, with facings in the czapka colour; Fouriers had similar facings, with NCO sabres. Profoss as infantry, with Hussar NCO sabres, shaven like the infantry.
As confirmed by the 1811 regulations, officers' uniforms included the czapka with gold-laced peaks, gilt chains and lion head bosses as for hussars (although regiments other than the 2nd may have had silver). The leather skull was seperated from the cloth top by a band of gold lace with two interwoven black stripes. It had black and gold cords, and a 25cm high upright feather plume of black over yellow, above a gold cockade bearing the Emperor's cypher in its black centre. At a later date drooping, panache-style feathers were used, and some illustrations show black leather reinforcements on the corners of the czapka top. The officers' kurta originally had a falling collar, but later a 10cm standing collar, with a gold fringe 'waterfall' at the rear of the waist, and (unique in Austrian uniform) fringed epaulettes.
  
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