Plate 8: NCO and Drummer, Guards Jaegers.

The Jeager headgear was a type of top hat with a brim all the way round. In September 1807 it was replaced by the shako. Note the yellow and red guards laces to collar, cuffs and shako top band and the gold rank lace to the NCO's collar and cuffs. Cartridges were carried in a long pouch on the right side of the waist belt.

Sources: Wiskowatow, Gayda and Krijitsky, Knoetel.

Officer of Guard's Cavalry Lace (left)

Lace to the Collar of an Officer of the Guards Infantry

Lace to cuff flap of an Officer of the Guards Infantry.

Plate 9: Corporal and seni NCOs, Pontoniers.

This corps wore dark green, naval-style uniform with standard badges rank.

Sources: Wiskowatow, Gayda a Krijitski.

Plate 10: Trumpeter (left) and Trumpet Major Line Dragoons.

Both wear musicians distinctions; red plume, lace decoration to the sleeves; neither carry carbines. The Trumpet Major also wears the rank badges of a senior NCO; plume, lace to collar and cuffs and the sabre knot. The swallows nests were in the facing colour, trumpet cords in the button colour. The kettle drum banners were in the facing colour with decorations in the button colour. The ridiculous 'bottle brush' crests were replaced by short, stiff, horse-hair bristles in 1808, black for all except musicians who wore red.

Sources: Wiskowatow, Gayda and Krijitski Alla Begunova, Knotel

Plate 11: Infantry Officers.

This plate is dated 1802 but is valid for 1807 with the following alterations: the spontoons were discarded in October 1802, grey overalls with 18 regiment buttons up each leg seam were introduced at the same time; on 4 August 1804 the bicorn brooch was replaced by a loop in the button colour. Junior officers wore the shako by 1806. The shoulder straps (edged in the button colour) were replaced by golden epaulettes by order of 17 Septembe 1807. The gorgets were silver with gold ornamentation according to rank. This plate probably formed the basis for Professor Knoetel's Plate 14 in Volume IX of his Uniformenkunde.

Plate 12: (top) The trumpeters lace for dragoons and cuirassiers: it was white with a pattern in the facing colour. Sources: Wiskowatow, Gayda and Krijitski, Knoetel.

(bottom) Guards lace loops to the soldiers' collars and cuffs. The lace is yellow, the pattern is red. Sources: Wiskowatow, Gayda and Krijitski, Knoetel, Alla Begunova, an actual example in the Museum fuer Deutsche Geschichte, Berlin.

Plate 13: The infantry sabre strap.

The colour code was as follows: strap and tassel were white in all cases, the body was in the regimental facing colour and the crown and wreath were in the company colour: 1st white, 2nd red, 3rd sky blue, 4th orange.

Sources: Wiskowatow, Gayda.and Krijitski, Knoetel.

Plate 14: Cuff of an NCO of the Guards

More Russian Army 1807

Russian Army 1807: Introduction and OOB
Russian Army 1807: Black and White Plates #1-7
Russian Army 1807: Black and White Plates #8-14
Russian Army 1807: Color Plates