Anhalt Duchies and Lippe Principalities

Anhalt Duchies     Historical notes Sources The Rheinbund contingent 1807-1813 The infantry battalion The mounted jaegers regiment The deutsches Bund contingent 1813-1814 Line companies Landwehr companies Flags

Lippe Principalities     Historical notes Sources The confederate contingent 1807-1813 The infantry battalion The Waldeck-Lippe regiment 1814 Detmold companies Schaumburg companies Voluntary jaegers Flags

The Anhalt duchies

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The Rheinbund contingent

The contingents from the three duchies were amalgamated in a single battalion of five musketeers companies. Following the Prussian system, each company is composed of :

• 1 Feldwebel
• 2 Sergeant
• 1 Fourier
• 7 Korporal
• 2 Tambours
• 140 Gemeine

In 1809 the Anhalt battalion is posted as 1st battalion in the 5th Rheinbund-Regiment and adopts the French organisation of one grenadiers, one voltigeurs and four fusiliers companies. Each company is composed of :

• 1 Kapitain
• 1 Premier-Lieutenant
• 1 Sekonde-Lieutenant
• 1 Feldwebel
• 2 Sergeant
• 1 Fourier
• 10 Korporal
• 2 Tambours
• 1 Zimmermann
• 120 Gemeine

The battalion took part to the Tyrolean campaign in 1809, the Peninsular campaign between 1809 and 1811 and to the Russian campaign in 1812. Its remnants were posted to the garrison of Danzig during the German campaign in 1813.

Fusiliers

• Dark green single breasted coat closed by a row of eight buttons. Pink collar. Green shoulder straps. Pink piping on front of coat. Green Swedish cuffs piped pink bearing two buttons. Green turnbacks. White metal buttons.
  From 1809, same coat with green shoulder straps piped pink, pink cuffs with green flaps (rectangular 3 buttons) and green turnbacks piped pink bearing pink eight-pointed star patch, vertical pockets simulated by a pink piping.
• White vest with white collar and no cuffs. Grey jersey breeches. Black short gaiters.
  In field dress, grey cloth trousers laced pink on seam.
• Black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing a brass crowned shield plate stamped with Anhalt arms. Tufted wool pompon in company colour (red, green, blue, yellow and white from 1st to 5th) over green cockade. In full dress, white cords and flounders. Brass chinscales and black leather peak.
  From 1809 white metal rhomboid plate stamped with the same crowned shield with Anhalt arms. Pink oval pompon. Other details as before.
• Black leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch bearing the brass crowned shield plate. Infantry sabre with single bar brass hilt and black leather scabbard with brass fittings.

Grenadiers

Red fringed epaulets. In full dress, red plume, cords and flounders. Red sabre strap and pink grenade patch on turnbacks.

Voltigeurs

Green fringed epaulets. In full dress, Green plume, cords and flounders. Green sabre strap and pink horn patch on turnbacks.

NCOs

Troopers dress with pink or silver on pink backing rank laces :

• Korporal : 2 pink stripes on both arms
• Sergeant : 1 silver on pink lace on arms, 1 silver lace to shako top
• Feldwebel : 2 silver on pink lace on arms, 2 silver lace to shako top

Officers

Troopers dress with silver thread rank epaulets. In full dress, white breeches and black leather Russian boots. Black felt cocked hat with black lace, green plume over green cockade with silver strap. Gilded gorget bearing the arms of Anhalt in silver. Black leather shoulder belt and sabre or sword with gilded hilt and black leather scabbard with gilded fittings, silver sabre strap.
From 1812, shako as troopers with black lace with silver oak leaves embroideries around top. Silver peak strengthening.

Drummers

Troopers dress with pink swallow nests trimmed with white lace. Drum with brass shell and pink counterhoops.

Sappers

Grenadiers dress with sappers insignia (red grenade over white crossed axes) on both arms. Black fur bearskin without plate or top patch with scarlet plume, cords and flounders. Black leather apron.

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In July 1813, as their infantry battalion has been nearly destroyed in Russia, Napoleon asked the Anhalt duchies to raise a cavalry regiment.
A mounted jaegers regiment of two squadrons of four companies each painfully reached operational strength in August and was organised with the French 9th light horses regiment into the 24th light cavalry brigade part of the French 1st corps under command of general Vandamme.
The regiment was destroyed during the battle of Kulm on 31August 1813 and disbanded thereafter, his remnants being transferred to the 9th light horses regiment.

Jaegers

• Dark green single breasted coat closed by a row of nine buttons. Pink collar. White metal shoulder scales on pink straps. Pink piping on front of coat. Pink pointed cuffs. Pink turnbacks, vertical pockets simulated by a pink piping. White metal buttons.
• Grey breeches and black Hungarian boots. Jaegers are always wearing grey overalls with ping seam lace and brown leather inserts over black light boots.
• Black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing a white metal crowned shield plate stamped with Anhalt arms. In full dress, white cords going under right scales and ending in flounders fastened to left scales. Ball pompon in company colour (red, green, blue, yellow from 1st to 4th) over green cockade.. White metal chinscales and black leather peak.
• Black leatherwork with white metal buckles. Pouch belt bearing a white metal chain. Black leather light cavalry cartridge pouch and sabre belt, curved sabre with iron three bars hilt and scabbard. White leather sabre strap.
• Black leather light cavalry harness. White sheepskin trimmed with green or company colour wolf teeth. Green cloth round portmanteau laced pink.

NCOs

Troopers dress with pink or silver on pink backing rank chevrons above cuffs :

• Korporal : 2 pink chevrons
• Sergeant : 1 silver on pink chevrons
• Feldwebel : 2 silver on pink chevrons

Sabre strap tassel with green knot and white fringes, silver for sergeants.

Officers

Troopers dress with long tails, all white ornaments becoming silver or silvered. Silver thread rank epaulets with silvered scales on strap. Hungarian boots with silver tassel. Green plume over company coloured pompon for companies officers (Kapitän and Lieutenants), white plume for field officers (Eskadron-Chef and Adjudant).
Green cloth schabraque laced pink.

Trumpeters

Troopers dress in yellow cloth with pink swallow nests trimmed with white lace. Black felt cocked hat with white tassels and scarlet plume over company coloured pompon over green cockade with white strap.
Brass trumpet with mixed white an d pink cord.

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Jaegers

• Dark green single breasted coat closed by a row of nine buttons. Pink collar. Pink shoulder straps. Pink piping on front of coat. Green Swedish cuffs piped pink bearing two buttons. Green turnbacks piped pink. White metal buttons.
• Grey cloth trousers with pink lace on seam over black short gaiters.
• Black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing a white metal crowned shield plate stamped with Anhalt arms. Black and white pompon. White metal chinscales and black leather peak.
• Black leatherwork. Infantry sabre with white strap.

NCOs

Troopers dress with silver rank lace on collar and cuffs :

• Unteroffizier 1 lace at collar base
• Sergeant 1 lace at collar base and front edge
• Feldwebel 1 lace at collar base, 2 laces at front edge

Officers

Troopers dress with pink shoulder strap with one (Leutnants) or two (Hauptmann) silver rank.

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Dessau and Köthen Landwehr

• Dark green double breasted frock coat closed by two row of eight buttons. Green collar bearing a white cross piped crimson. Green shoulder straps piped crimson. Green cuffs. White metal buttons.
• Grey cloth trousers over black short gaiters.
• British type (stovepipe) shako bearing a brass die-cut A. black leather peak and chinstrap.

Bernburg Landwehr

Frock coat bearing a red cross on upper left arm.

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The infantry battalion was issued with a flag in May 1807. white silk bearing on the obverse the Anhalt arms displayed on a crowned oval gold shield and on the reverse the word “ANHALT” in gold. White stave with gilded finial presumed to show, as former Dessau flags, a crowned bear on top of a crenated tower.
The silk of this flag was lost during the battle of la Bisbal on 4 September 1810 and the battalion was issued with a new flag on 14 May 1811, with same design but bearing on both reverse and obverse the Anhalt arms crossed over by a white ribbon bearing the word “ANHALT” in gold.

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• 1 Kapitain
• 1 Premier-Lieutenant
• 1 Sekonde-Lieutenant
• 1 Feldwebel
• 3 Sergeant
• 1 Fourier
• 6 Korporal
• 2 Tambours
• 1 Zimmermann
• 4 Spielleute
• 108 Gemeine

Fusiliers

• White coat with medium length tails. Dark green collar. White shoulder straps piped green. White pointed lapels piped green. Dark green cuffs with white flaps piped green (rectangular 3 buttons). Dark green turnbacks and vertical pockets simulated by a green piping. White metal buttons.
  The Schaumburg troopers wore the same dress with green pointed cuffs.
  From 1811, all fusiliers wore the same white habit-veste with the general arrangement of the Detmold companies. White horn patch on turnbacks.
• White vest with green collar and cuffs. White jersey breeches and black short gaiters. In field dress, grey cloth trousers with a dark green lace on seam.
• Black felt “Corsican hat”, a kind of top hat with upturned left brim. Green plume on left side over green and white cockade with white strap.
  From 1809, black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing a white metal rhomboid plate with the punched out cipher FL over a stamped horn. Green ball pompon over cockade with whit strap. In full dress, white cords and flounders. White metal chinscales and black leather peak.
  The Schaumburg troopers wore the same headgear save a white plume with red lower-half.
  From 1812 all fusiliers wore the same green ball pompon and a new white metal rhomboid plate stamped with the crowned Lippe rose.
• White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch. Infantry sabre with white sabre strap.

Grenadiers

Red fringed epaulets. In full dress, red plume, cords and flounders. Red sabre strap and grenade patch on turnbacks.
From 1812, white metal rhomboid plate stamped with a crowned grenade.

Voltigeurs

Green fringed epaulets. In full dress, Green plume, cords and flounders. Green ball pompon with yellow upper half.

NCOs

Troopers dress with green or silver on green backing rank chevrons above cuffs :

• Korporal : 2 green chevrons
• Sergeant : 1 silver on green chevron
• Feldwebel : 2 silver on green chevrons

For grenadiers sergeants, red plume with green lower half.

Officers

Troopers dress with long tails, all white ornaments becoming silver or silvered. Rank epaulets and chevrons on shako sides in silver thread. Black leather Russian boots. Gilded gorget bearing the Lippe rose in silver. Whitened leather bearing a gilded oval plate with silver horn.

Drummers

Troopers dress with white swallow nests trimmed with green lace. Drum with brass shell and counterhoops painted with alternate green and white triangles, white above.

Sappers

Grenadiers dress with sappers insignia (grenade over crossed axes) in red cloth on both arms. Black fur bearskin without plate or top patch with scarlet plume, cords and flounders. Whitened leather apron.
From 1812, black fur colback with green bag piped red and green pompon with red upper half.

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After their joining with the Allies, the principalities were again required to engage in action. The Lippe Princes raised new troops and, as others German rulers, called from November 1813 to volunteers to raise a Landwehr. The Lippe troops were organised with the Waldeck troops into the Waldeck- Lippe regiment.
This regiment had a line battalion (3 Detmold, 1 Schaumburg and 2 Waldeck companies), a Landwehr battalion (2 Detmold, 1 Waldeck and 1 mixed Schaumburg-Waldeck companies) and a Freiwillige Jäger company.
The organisation is completed in February 1814 but this regiment did not take part in any action.

Detmold companies

Fusiliers

• Green double breasted coat closed by two rows of eight buttons. Crimson collar. Crimson shoulder straps. Crimson Swedish cuffs bearing two buttons. Crimson turnbacks. Brass buttons.
• Grey jersey breeches and black short gaiters.
• Black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing an oval brass plate stamped with the letters GW (Georg Wilhelm). Green plume over the new green-red-yellow cockade with yellow strap. In full dress, white cords and flounders. Brass chinscales and black leather peak.
• White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch.

Grenadiers

Red fringed epaulets. In full dress, red plume, cords and flounders.

Militiaman

• Dark green single breasted coat closed by a row of eight buttons. Pale green collar. Pale green shoulder straps. Pale green rounded cuffs. Pale green turnbacks. White metal buttons.
• Grey cloth trousers over black short gaiters.
• Cap with pale green band.

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Schaumburg companies

Fusiliers

• Dark blue double breasted coat closed by two rows of eight buttons. Scarlet collar bearing two buttonhole laces. Scarlet shoulder straps. Scarlet Swedish cuffs bearing two buttons with yellow buttonhole lace. Scarlet turnbacks. Brass buttons.
• Grey jersey breeches. Black short gaiters.
• Black felt shako. Brass chinscales and black leather peak.
• White leatherwork.

Drummers

Troopers dress with scarlet swallow nests trimmed with yellow lace. Drum with brass shell and counterhoops painted with alternate red and blue stripes.

Voluntary jaegers

• Green double breasted coat closed by two rows of eight buttons. Crimson collar bearing a buttonhole lace. Crimson shoulder straps. Crimson Swedish cuffs bearing two buttons with yellow buttonhole lace. Crimson turnbacks. Brass buttons.
• Grey jersey breeches with two pale green laces along seam and black short gaiters.
• Black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing a large green-red-yellow cockade with yellow strap. Short green plume . White cords and flounders. Brass chinscales and black leather peak.
• Black leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch.

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On 23 August 1812 the regent Pauline issued the battalion with a flag.
His had a white silk with gold fringes. The obverse was painted with the arms of Lippe, Anhalt, Bernburg and Sternberg in the angles (from canton counter clockwise) and in the centre, painted in red within a gold lozenge, the words :

MUTH
UND
AUS DAUER

The reverse was painted with the arms of Ameide, Schwalenberg, Saxe et Zerbst in the angles (from canton counter clockwise) and in the centre, painted in gold within a gold lozenge, the words :

DEM
BATAILLON LIPPE
VON
PAULINEN

White stave and gilded spearhead finial cut to show the letters FL. White tie with gold fringes.

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