Friday, March 17, 2023

Wurttemberg Fussjager Battalion #2

For Saint Patrick's Day, these guys are about as Green as it gets!  :-)


The Fußjäger had their origins as the Fussjager Kompanie, raised in October of 1799. By January of 1801 it had grown to three companies, now titled the Fussjager Corps, and by May of 1801, with the addition of a 4th company, the units was the Fussjager Battaillon. A second Battalion was raised in late 1805.


Originally known by the names of their commanders, by 1807they were now know simply as Fussjager Bataillon Nr 1 and Nr 2. Also in 1807, King Frederick became the Inhaber of the 1st battalion. By 1809, the 1st battalion was now referred to as the Konig Fussjager Bataillon. In 1814, the 2 battalions were united as Infanterie Regiment #9 "Konig Jager", and later in the year,  Fussjager Regiment #9 "Konig". Phew!


The Fussjager wore the shako pretty much as shown from 1802 until 1811; thereafter, along with most the rest of the Wurttemberg infantry, a "double billed shako" resembling the Austrian shako of the time was adopted. Officers had metallic bands to the top of the shako in the lace color. 


The NCO's (Feldwebel, unterfeldwebel) had a border to the dark green turban on the shako edged in the button color (brass/yellow for the 1st Battalion, Pewter/white for the second). Although not p[art opf the Royal Guard, when the King bnecame the Inhaber of the 1st battalion, yellow "guard litzen' (lace) was added to the collars, cuffs, and lapels of the first battalion. From 1811, the lapels became dark green piped white instead of the earlier black piped white. With that change, the litzen disappeared from the lapels of the 1st battalion. 


The hornists had black "swallow's bests" at the shoulders, with piping and a "W" pattern in lace of the button color. Plumes for the musicians were initially red/darkgreen/red, but circa 1808 became the opposite, dark green/red/dark green, as seen here. Later, red tipped dark green and dark green tipped red were evidently used.  Cords on the horns could be either red, or mixed red, yellow, and black. 







 

26 comments:

  1. looks like you will be ready for the Alpine in Flames figures upon arrival.

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  2. Perfect arrival for St. Paddy’s Day.

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    1. Sure an' begorra, Sean O'Freitag! :-)

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    2. "Friday" in Gaelic is evidently "Dé hAoine". It is traditional for me to ghrek the family on the morning of St Patrick's Day (in a bad Gaelic accent, recognizing there is no Irish that I know of in any of our families) with something like "Top o' the marning to ye, Caitlin O'Anderson!".

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  3. Very nice indeed, Peter. The dark green Jaeger/Rifle uniforms of this era are very attractive AND distinctive!

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    1. Thanks, Keith. The Fussjager were indeed Rifle armed.

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  4. Great work and a nice mix of poses among this unit. They really look like they are engaged with the enemy.

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    1. Thank you, Lawrence!
      Between the 2 sets of 6 regular figures and the one 6 figure :"command" set, there really was a lot of variation!

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  5. Yet another attractive unit with great variety of pose and animation

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    1. Thanks, Gary. More superb figures from Lucas and Piano Wargames!

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  6. They look fantastic Gonsalvo, love the uniforms and the variety of figures.

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    1. Thanks, Chris. I like a few units in firing positions, and the rifle-armed Fussjagers were certainly a prime candidate for same!

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  7. Really brilliantly done there Peter. They truly are quite spectacular figures and sculpts aren’t they.

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    1. Thank you kindly, Carlo. Lucas' work is outstanding!

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  8. Lovely poses and great green shades!

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  9. Im not trying to be sarky. I spotted a typo in the text. "The Fussjager wore the shako pretty much as shown from 1902 until 1811"

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    1. Ah, my typing dyslexia strikes again. Thanks for catching that; placed back into the correct century! :-)

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  10. Beautiful figures, Peter. I love deep green uniforms and these are certainly timed right.

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    1. Thanks, Dean! These fellows are certainly about as green as it gets! :-)

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  11. Bloody hell Peter, you churn out units quicker than I can comment, let alone ever dream of painting!
    Those above and below this lot are all excellent, but these are the 'best of show' to me. They had a fine uniform, your brushwork is top notch and the animation created by the range of poses and your basing is something else!
    Kind regards, James

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    1. Thanks, James! The 1st quarter is almost always my most productive in terms of painting!

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  12. Excellent job, and great figures too! Will likely have to add some of these.

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    1. Thank you, Mark! Lucas' sculpts are outstanding!

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