The Austrian infantry included German and Hungarian regiments. The uniforms of the Hungarian regiments was different from that of the German infantry. The main differences were: (1) Hungarian regiments wore blue trousers while German infantry wore white trousers. (2) Ankle booth were worn by the Hungarian infantry as shown on the drawing below. German infantry wore low shoes. Sometimes the ankle-boots were worn under the trousers. (3) The cuffs were different for both infantries a shown on the drawing. The Hungarian infantry had pointed cuffs called ploish cuffs or "Barentatzen" while the German regiments had straight cuffs. Table I is divided into 1809 and post-1809. I have deliberately ignored the two garrison regiments (IR #5 and #6) broken into battalions in 1807 as my informations on them is sketchy. See the paint guide for the German names of the color listed. The letter H after a regimental number refers to Hungarian and Siebenburger regiments wearing Hungarian style trousers. 1809 Post-1809 Regiments Facing color Button color Facing color Button color 1 dark red brass dark red brass 2H emperor yellow brass emperor yellow brass 3 sky blue pewter sky blue pewter 4 sky blue brass sky blue brass 7 [1] dark brown pewter dark brown pewter 8 ponceau brass grass green brass 9 apple green brass grass green brass 10 poplar green pewter poplar green pewter 11 rose pewter dark blue brass 12 dark brown brass dark brown brass 13* grass green brass rose brass 14 black brass black brass 15 madder brass madder brass 16 violet brass sulphur yellow brass 17 light brown pewter light brown pewter 18 dark red pewter dark red pewter 19H light blue pewter light blue pewter 20 crayfish red pewter crayfish red pewter 21 sea green brass sea green brass 22 emperor yellow pewter emperor yellow pewter 23* ponceau pewter crimson pewter 24 dark blue pewter dark blue pewter 25 sea green pewter sea green pewter 26 poplar green brass poplar green pewter 27 emperor yellow brass emperor yellow pewter 28 grass green pewter grass green pewter 29 pale blue pewter pale blue pewter 30 light pike gray brass light pike gray brass 31H emperor yellow pewter emperor yellow pewter 32H light blue brass light blue brass 33H dark blue pewter dark blue pewter 34H madder pewter madder pewter 35 crayfish red brass crayfish red brass 36 [2] pale red pewter pale red pewter 37H bright red brass bright red brass 38* rose brass rose pewter 39H bright red pewter bright red pewter 40 crimson pewter pale red brass 41 sulphur yellow pewter sulphur yellow pewter 42 orange yellow pewter orange yellow pewter 43* sulphur yellow brass crimson brass 44 madder pewter madder pewter 45* crimson brass ponceau brass 46** dark blue brass - - 47 steel green pewter steel green pewter 48H steel green brass steel green brass 49 light pike gray pewter light pike gray pewter 50** violet pewter - - 51H dark blue brass dark blue brass 52H dark red brass dark red brass These five regiments were disbanded after the 1809 campaign due to the loss of depot areas and were reraised in Italy during 1813-14. ** These three regiments were disbanded after the 1809 campaign due to the loss of depot areas but were not reraised until after 1815. TABLE 1 NOTES Note 1: Concerning I.R.#7: Uniformes (issue 65) and the Funkens give dark blue as the facing colors for I.R.#7. Ottenfeld & Teuber give dark brown. Since I.R.#24 is faced dark blue with pewter buttons (all sources I have seen agree on this) and since it is extremely unlikely for the Hofkriegsrat to dress two different regiments identically (especially for six years) I am inclined to believe Ottenfeld & Teuber. I would welcome information/documentation on this documentation for either position. Note 2: Concerning I.R.#36 and I.R.#57: On the above table, I give the facing colors for IR.#36 and I.R.#57 as pale red. However, what the Austrians called pale red was a light purplish red color properly a "gris-de-lin" (as Englebert calls it) then mauve. The color quoted in the paint guide is a mauve like color. Austrian Facing Colors Infantry and Cavalry 1809-1815 Introduction Austrian Infantry of the Line Grenz Infantry German Cavalry National Cavalry Paint Guide Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 2 No. 3 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1993 by Emperor's Headquarters This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com