Officer of the Silesian "Schutzen" battalion. (c.1815)
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Private, Volunteer "Jager" Company, 7th Line Regiment. (c.1815)
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The Infantry - The Uniforms of the Jagers - (Cont'd)
More unusual were the brass-hilted sword-bayonets carried by many units. Normal infantry shakos were worn by most, though some (for example the Silesian Volunteer Jager companies attached to the 10th and 11th Regiments) wore cloth caps, in that case with yellow bands and piping. However there were exceptions to the general rules; Jagers of the 2nd Regiment had red piping to their white facings, and those of the 9th Regiment had cloth caps with red bands and piping, their grey overalls having a double red stripe down the outer seams.
The Guard also had a Jager battalion since 1806, their uniforms were similar to their line counterparts with the exception of the Guard Star in brass mounted on the front of the shakos and that their facings were scarlet with gold lace on the cuffs and collar in the form of two bands. See illustrations below:
1.) Guard Jager c. 1809; 2.) Guard Jager c. 1806; 3.) Guard Jager c. 1813; 4.) Officer of Guard Jagers c.1809; 5.) Guard Jager c.1814 (note the white armband on the left arm).
Prussian Jagers by: Richard Knotel
Courtesy of: Dominic Goh
  
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