Wurttemberg Jager zu Pferd Regiment #3 Herzog Louis

This unit was first raised in December of 1805 as the Jägerregiment zu Pferd ‘Prinz Paul’. In keeping with the unit's "Jager"  designation, all leatherwork was black,

It was renamed the  Jäger regiment zu Pferd ‘Herzog Louis’ in 1807, and in 1811 it became the Jägerregiment zu Pferd Nr 3. A final name change came following the retreat from Moscow,, which devastated the Wurttemberg cavalry, becoming  the the Kavallerie-Regiment Nr 2 ‘Jägerregiment Herzog Louis’ in 1813.

A Raupenhelm similar to that of the infantry was issued in 1806, but with a green crest. In 1808, the crest of the helmet became taller. In the case of this regiment, the fittings were white metal, and the crest  became bicolored, yellow over green. The helmet was replaced by shakos similar to the infantry between 1812 and 1813.

Descriptions of the Trumpeter's uniform vary, but they wore yellow coats with green collar, cuffs, lapels, and turnbacks piped yellow; later all were yellow piped  green, except the collar remained green piped yellow. The earlier trumpeter's uniform is said to have had green swallows nests with white piping but lacking the distinctive "W" lace decoration generally seen for Wurttemberg musicians, which seems odd. 

The officer's raupenhelm was taller, and  had a white plume with a short black base. The regiments had 4 squadrons of roughly 120 men each, although a 5th squadron was raised for the 1809 campaign and disbanded at its end, the men forming the core of  a new Dragoon regiment. 

This particular regiment wore distinctive ‘scharawaden’ breeches from 1805 to 1810; parti-coloured breeches with the upper part to mid thigh yellow and the lower legs grass-green, a fashion popular with light cavalry in the mid-18th Century.  The breeches were worn with the Hungarian style boots

until replaced with plain grass-green breeches in 1811.