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Infantry

Line infantry

Regiment Nr.1

The regiment, formerly titled Leib-Infanterie-Regiment Churfürst (Elector), is renamed Leib-Infanterie-Regiment Großherzog (Grand-duke) on 21^st August 1806. It is composed of two battalions of four musketeers companies each, whereas its two grenadiers companies are transferred in Guard Grenadiers battalion. Each company is organized along Prussian lines with :

Moreover, the first company (Leib-Compagnie) has eight musicians.
At the beginning of 1808 the Baden army adopts the French regulation and the four infantry regiments are reorganized along French lines with two battalions of six companies (grenadiers, voltigeurs and fusiliers). Each company is composed of :

When Carl-Friedrich dies in 1811, his regiment loses his title and is renamed Linien-Infanterie-Regiment Nr.1 vacant.
The 1^st regiment takes part to the campaign of 1805, 1806 and 1807 in Germany, to the Austrian campaign in 1809, to the Russian campaign in 1812 and to the campaign in Germany in 1813.

Regiment Nr.2

The regiment, formerly titled Linien-Infanterie-Regiment Churprinz (Prince-Elector), is renamed Linien-Infanterie-Regiment Erbgroßherzog (Heir-Grand-duke) on 21^st August 1806. It is organised as the 1^st regiment and undergoes the same reorganisations.
When Karl-Ludwig-Friedrich succeeds to his father in 1811, his regiment loses his title and is renamed Linien-Infanterie-Regiment Nr.2 vacant.
The 2^nd regiment takes part in the same campaigns that the 1^st regiment.

Regiment Nr.3

This regiment is organised as the 1^st regiment and undergoes the same reorganisations.
In August 1808 its second battalion is sent in Spain but regulation strength is restored by integrating in February 1809 the first battalion of Regiment Nr.4.
The 3^rd regiment takes part in the same campaigns that the first two regiments.

Regiment Nr.4

This regiment is raised in 1806 by gathering the different troops from territories acquired in 1805. It is organised as the other regiments and undergoes the same reorganisations.
In August 1808 its first battalion and the second battalion of Regiment Nr.3 are combined to raise a Kombiniertes Infanterie-Regiment that is sent in Spain and will be renamed Infanterie-Regiment Nr.4 in February 1809.
The 4^th regiment takes part in the campaign in Germany in 1806 and from 1808 to 1813 to the Peninsular war. It is disarmed there by the French in November 1813.

Musketeers

• Dark blue coat with mid-length tails and lapels closing to the waist. Open collar in facings colour. Blue shoulder strap on left shoulder. (red for 1^st regiment). Facings coloured lapels (bearing white buttonholes laces in 1^st regiment) bearing seven buttons in the first regiment and eight in the others. Facings coloured cuffs with two buttonholes over the cuffs in regimental lace:
  

  Regiment	Buttonholes
  1	white with tassel
  2	white with two red lines and tassel
  3	white with two light blue lines without tassel
  4	yellow with two light blue lines without tassel

  Scarlet turnbacks, at the onset of the turnback two regimental buttonholes laces. Horizontal pockets with regimental buttonholes laces. White or yellow buttons.
  From 1808, same dress with square lapels and without any buttonholes laces.
  From 1810, double-breasted coat closed down by two rows of six buttons and facings changed to scarlet for all regiments. Scarlet collar with two white buttonholes laces in the 1st regiment. Scarlet shoulder straps. Scarlet cuffs with dark blue cuffs flaps (bearing white buttonholes laces in the 1st regiment). Scarlet turnbacks. Horizontal pockets. White metal buttons.
  From 1814, same coat with short tails. Collar in facings colour. Blue shoulder straps. Facings coloured cuffs with blue flaps (rectangular with three buttons). Scarlet turnbacks. White or yellow buttons.
• White waistcoat and breeches. Short black gaiters and black shoes
  In field dark blue (sometimes white) overalls.
  Slate gray overcoat closed by a row of six buttons.
• Helmet with black leather crown bearing side metal V strengthening, decorated by ducal arms (star of Fidelity for the 1^st regiment) over a metal band stamped with the inscription “GROSSHERZOGLISCHES BADISCHES INFANTERIE REGIMENT (followed by regimental number)" . On both sides, a fine metal chain is suspended between chinscales boss and top of plate. All metal fittings are in button colour. Black wool caterpillar over brass comb with lion head front (the latter in button colour metal) covered by red fringes, replaced in 1809 by red enamelled stripes. Small company coloured pompon at the left of the crown. Black leather peak and chinstrap, the latter trimmed by small chains.
  From 1808 the chain of the crown is suppressed.
  In 1810 helmet’s fittings become brass for all regiments save first one.
  From 1814, black felt shako with top band in button colour and leather and bottom band bearing a large black cockade with white or yellow strap. Pompon in national colours. Black leather peak and chinstrap.
• White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch bearing a button colour plate stamped with ducal arms. Waistbelt with brass buckle and infantry sabre with brass hilt, black leather scabbard with brass fittings and white sabre strap.
  From 1808, waistbelt is replaced by crossed shoulder belt.

Grenadiers

Troopers dress with red fringed epaulets. White plume above red pompon.
The Augsburger series shows grenadiers NCOs of the 3rd regiment wearing black bearskins bearing a white metal crescent shaped plate stamped with ducal cipher. Mixed red and white cords. White plume with red top (all white for troopers).

Schützen then voltigeurs

Troopers’ dress the usual cartridge pouch replaced by a small one worn on the belly suspended to waistbelt.
From 1809, green fringed epaulets and green plume over green pompon.

NCOs

Troopers’ dress with silver or gold buttonholes laces. All NCOs are equipped like Schützen with the small cartridge pouch worn on belly. Pompon in national colours. For Felwebel, large black fur caterpillar.
After 1808, french rank insignias: rank stripes in diagonal white (silver) or yellow (gold) laces above cuffs.

Officers

Others ranks’ dress with gold or gilded ornaments. Gold or silver rank epaulets. Gilded gorget bearing silver ducal arms. Wide silver silk sash entwined with gold and scarlet threads.
White breeches and black light or hungarian boots.
Black cocked hat with silver or gold laces until 1808. Black cockade with silver strap. Red plume replaced in 1807 by a white plume with red base and in 1809 by a black one. From 1813, troopers’ shako with black plume.
White leatherwork. Waistbelt with gilded buckle and sword or sabre with gilded hilt and black leather scabbard with gilded fittings. Silver sabre strap entwined with gold and scarlet threads.
For mounted officers, German saddle with dark blue cloth shabraque laced silver or gold, embroidered with ducal cipher in rear corners.

Drummers

Troopers’ dress with scarlet swallow nest trimmed by a livery lace in white with scarlet and yellow piping. On both sleeves, six chevrons of livery lace, seams covered with same lace.
From 1810 same dress with seven chevrons on sleeves.
Brass drums stamped with ducal arms with hoops painted with white/scarlet/yellow stripes.

Hornists

Troopers’ dress and brass horn with yellow/red/white cord.

Sappers

Troopers’ dress with axe.
From 1808, white leather apron.

Musicians

Troopers’ dress with scarlet swallow nest trimmed with silver lace. For drum-majors, on both sleeves, six chevrons of silver lace, seams covered with same lace.

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Light infantry

When the Duchy joins the Confederation of the Rhine the Jägerbataillon comprises four companies for a total strength of 549 men.
On 13 March 1809, the battalion is reorganised in the french six companies scheme of which four are jaegers companies, one is Carabiniers and one voltigeurs. At the beginning of the Austrian campaign five companies only had reached their war strength for a total strength of 856 men.
On 15 January 1810 the battalion is renamed Light Infantry battalion von Lingg (Leichtes Infanterie Bataillon). During the Russian campaign he is part of the Baden brigade in VICTOR's Corps.
Reformed at six companies strength after Russia, it takes part on french side in the 1813 campaign and on Allies side in the 1814 campaign.

Jägers

• Dark green coat with short tails and lapels closing to the waist. Black collar piped white. Green fringed epaulets. Black lapels piped white with white buttonholes laces. Black rounded cuffs piped white with white buttonholes laces. Black turnbacks piped white. White buttons.
  From 1808, buttonholes on lapels and cuffs are suppressed.
  From 1809, short tailed double-breasted coat closed by two rows of ten buttons with same ornaments. Front of coat piped white.
  From 1810 (transformation in light infantry), short tailed double-breasted coat closed by two rows of six buttons. Scarlet collar, rounded cuffs and turnbacks. Green shoulder straps.
  In 1813, same coat with black collar and cuffs, green shoulder straps piped scarlet and scarlet turnbacks. Brass buttons.
• Grey breeches, white in 1813 dress. Short black gaiters and black shoes.
• Bavarian type helmet without comb, high black leather crown bearing side leather V strengthening, decorated by brass crowned ducal cipher (CF). Green caterpillar. At left of the crown, green plume over brass horn. Black leather visor and chinstrap.
  With 1813 dress, prussian type shako in black felt with yellow top band and black leather bottom band bearing a pompon in baden colours over a large black cloth cockade with yellow strap. Black leather peak and chinstrap.
• Black leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch bearing white metal horn badge. Sword bayonet with brass hilt and black leather scabbard with brass fittings.
  

Carabiniers

From 1810 (transformation in light infantry), troopers with white plume and scarlet fringed epaulets.

Sappers

Troopers' dress with sapper's apron and axe.

NCOs

Leading and base edges of collar and cuffs laced silver. Epaulets with white half-moon.
From 1808, french rank insignias: rank stripes in diagonal white (silver), yellow (gold) in 1813, laces above left cuff.

Officers

Others ranks' dress with gold or gilded ornaments. Gold or silver rank epaulets. Wide silver silk sash entwined with gold and scarlet threads.
Green breeches and black hungarian boots with silver or gold laces and tassels.
Black leatherwork. Light cavalry waistbelt with gilded buckle and sabre with gilded hilt and black leather scabbard with gilded fittings. Silver sabre strap entwined with gold and scarlet threads.

Drummers and hornists

Hornists have no special distinctions.
Drummers are introduced in 1810 (transformation in light infantry) and wear troopers' dress with scarlet swallow nests trimmed by a white livery lace with scarlet central piping. On both sleeves, six chevrons of livery lace, seams covered with same lace.

Musicians

Troopers' dress with black swallow nests laced white and black shoulder straps piped white.

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Guard Grenadiers

On 31st October 1806, the grenadier battalion von Stetten is augmented to five companies and his name changed to Leib-Grenadier-Garde. Each company is composed of :

In 1809 the battalion is brought up to six companies organized as in French infantry :

The battalion takes part to the siege of Stralsund during 1807 campaign, to the fights in Vorarlberg during the 1809 campaign, on the Allied side, to several battles in France during 1814 campaign.

Grenadiers

• Dark blue long tailed coat worn open from the breast. Scarlet collar. Scarlet shoulder strap on left shoulder and white aiguillette on right one. Front of coat bearing six tasselled buttonholes embroideries. Scarlet rounded cuffs bearing three tasselled buttonholes embroideries. Scarlet turnbacks, horizontal pockets bearing three tasselled buttonholes embroideries. Waist buttons sitting on tasselled buttonholes embroideries. White buttons.
  From 1807, dark blue long tailed single-breasted coat closed by a row of nine buttons. Scarlet collar trimmed white. Blue shoulder strap piped red on left shoulder and white aiguillette on right one. Nine white buttonholes laces across breast. Scarlet cuffs trimmed white with blue flaps (rectangular with 3 buttons) piped red bearing white buttonholes laces. Scarlet turnbacks piped white.
  From 1809, double breasted coat closed by two rows of six buttons with same ornaments. Cuffs without flaps bearing two buttonhole laces.
  From 1813 same dress with short tails.
  From 1814 dark blue short tailed double breasted coat closed by two rows of six buttons. Scarlet collar bearing two white buttonhole laces. Scarlet shoulder straps on both shoulders. Scarlet cuffs with scarlet flaps (rectangular with 3 buttons) bearing white buttonholes laces.
• White breeches. High black gaiters and black shoes.
  From 1807, short gaiters.
  In field dress, dark blue cloth overalls. Grey overcoat.
• Black fur bearskin bearing white metal plate stamped with crowned ducal arms. Scarlet top patch embroidered with a white grenade. White plume with red top over Baden cockade. Cords and flounders in scarlet-white-yellow entwined thread. White metal chinscales.
  From 1809, white metal plate bearing a brass grenade.
• White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch bearing white metal plate stamped with ducal arms and four white metal grenades in the corners. Waistbelt with brass buckle and infantry sabre with brass hilt and black leather scabbard with brass fittings and white sabre strap with red tassel (also white in 1813).
  From 1807, the waistbelt is suppressed and replaced by crossed shoulderbelt.

Schützen

Troopers’ dress with cartridge pouch worn on stomach suspended to waistbelt.

NCOs

Troopers’ dress. Red top to bearskin plume and red, white and yellow sabre strap fringes.
From 1808, rank laces on both arms in white cloth or silver thread on red cloth :

Korporal	2 white stripes on both arms
Fourrier	2 white stripes on both arms 1 silver on red lace on upper-arms
Sergeant	1 silver on red lace on both arms
Feldwebel	2 silver on red laces on both arms

 

Officers

Troopers’ dress without embroideries on front of coat. Silver embroideries on both sides of collar. Black felt cocked hat trimmed with silver embroideries, with plume with red tuft base. Gilded gorget bearing silver trophy of arms. Silver silk sash with yellow and red embroideries. Sword with silver thread sword knot with yellow and red embroideries. Black leather boots.
From 1808, silver thread rank epaulets :

Hat without embroideries and black falling feather plume. Silver gorget with gilded trophy of arms.

Drummers

Troopers’ dress with blue swallow nest bordered by a white livery lace with red and yellow trim. On both sleeves, six chevrons of livery lace, seams covered with same lace. Copper drum, counterhoops painted with alternate red and white stripes.

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Cavalry

Life Guards
In 1804 the two Life Guards companies are gathered in a squadron of 77 men. Organisation and strength will remain the same throughout the napoleonic period.

Guards

• White short tailed single-breasted coat hooked down to the waist. Scarlet turned down collar trimmed with a livery lace white with scarlet, silver and yellow embroideries. Scarlet trefoiled epaulets and white aiguillette on right shoulder. Front of coat trimmed with livery lace. Scarlet swedish cuffs trimmed with livery lace. Scarlet sash. Scarlet turnbacks trimmed with livery lace. White buttons.
  From 1808, double breasted short tailed coat closed by two rows of six buttons. Scarlet collar. White shoulder straps piped scarlet. Front of coat piped scarlet. Scarlet rounded cuffs. Scarlet sash. Scarlet turnbacks.
  From 1811, collar bears two white buttonholes laces and front piping and sash are suppressed.
• White waistcoat and breeches. Black high cuffed boots. From 1808, coat hides the waistcoat.
• Black felt cocked hat with white lace and tassels. Black cockade with white cockade strap. White plume with scarlet and yellow feathers base.
  From 1806, bavarian type helmet without comb. Black leather crown bearing a white metal plate stamped with Star of Fidelity and white V strengthening. White caterpillar. Black leather peak trimmed with white metal and white metal chinscales.
  From 1809, helmet is equipped with a comb covered with black leather and the plate is replaced by a white metal star over a thin white metal band.
  From 1811, helmet bears again the first type of plate and is equipped with a black leather trimmed white metal neck guard. Comb receives white metal strengthening and the base of the caterpillar a cloth padding in yellow (maybe yellow and red as infantry helmets ?).
• White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch bearing a white metal star. Straight bladed heavy cavalry sabre with brass basket hilt bearing ducal arms and black leather scabbard with brass fittings. Leather scabbard is replaced in 1808 by an iron one. Scarlet cloth sabretache trimmed at first with livery lace then with simple white lace bearing a white crowned ducal cipher. Sabretache is no longer in use after 1813.
• German saddle with scarlet cloth schabraque trimmed with a double white lace bearing white ducal cipher in rear corners. Scarlet holster cover trimmed with a double white lace bearing white ducal cipher and covered with black fur.

NCOs

Silver livery lace on collar and cuffs.
From 1808, french rank insignias: rank stripes in diagonal white (silver) laces above left cuff.

Officers

Others ranks dress with long tails and all fittings silver or silvered. Silver trefoiled epaulets with silver aiguillette on right shoulder. Wide silver silk sash entwined with gold and scarlet threads.
Black felt cocked hat with silver lace trim, stiffeners and tassels. White plume with yellow and red feather base.
Hat is replaced in 1808-1809 with the regimental helmet with silver fittings, star with enamelled centre and large white fur caterpillar.
Schabraque is trimmed with a large silver-blue-silver lace.

Trumpeters

Troopers' dress with scarlet swallow nest trimmed by the livery lace. On both sleeves, six chevrons of livery lace, seams trimmed with same lace. Six buttonholes across breast in livery lace. White false sleeves trimmed with livery lace.
Scarlet caterpillar on helmet.

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