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(E) NCO of Silesian Landwehr. This figure illustrates the cloth knapsack of the Landwehr and a different configuration of NCO's lace from that shown on illustartion (A). Background The Cavalry The Artillery Organisation &Tactics Arms & Equipment Flags & Standards Bibliography & Sources (F) 3rd Silesian Landwehr Landwehr Infantry Regiment 1815. A regimental number appears on the shoulder straps.

The Army The Infantry - The Uniforms of the Landwehr Infantry - (Cont'd) The unusual extremes that were obtained was well illustrated by the train personnel attached to a Silesian formation who wore: 'red English hussar uniforms with a conical English shako.' Landwehr rank was indicated in the normal way for officers, but NCOs had white lines of thin tape around their collars and cuffs. Most NCOs carried sabres. Musicians wore red and white swallow's nests and were armed with a sabre. Landwehr Infantry Captain, 4th Silesian Regiment. c.1815 LANDWEHR FACING AND BUTTON COLOURS