In 1788, the tricorn worn by the Musketeers and the miter-cap of the Grenadiers had been replaced with the so- called "casquet," but a different tricorn was reintroduced in 1797 on which the plumes and cords were in regimental colors. At the same time, the Grenadiers (with the exception of the Guard, which retained its miter-cap) received caps of a new style with a black leather plate trimmed with black wool. The back of the plate was painted in the regimental color. [8] The leather peak was trimmed with white lace and above it was a brass badge with the black Eagle below a grenade. The left side of the cap was ornamented with a white plume. The hairstyle was also changed and the practice of powdering the hair was only retained for parade. In addition, the queue was somewhat shortened, and NCOs, Schijtzens and Grenadiers wore mustaches though Musketeers did not. At the same time, a new infantry tunic was introduced. It was more tailored and was cut in a frocked style. The white linen waistcoat was replaced by a false waistcoat sewn into the tunic. The lapels and turnbacks were sewn down and the lapels now ran straight down and were hooked together at the lower edge. Only the tails were lined in red. The collar was soft, higher and wider than that of the previous tunic. This new, cheaper-to-produce tunic was of much lower quality than that of the previous uniform and it became very unpopular. The Grenadier Guard battalion retained its old 1740 uniform for parade, but the cheaper tunic of the new style with a gold trim was worn for active service. The ammunition pouch was black [9] and was held by a white belt over the left shoulder. Each private was provided with a short saber held by a white waist belt. A brown calfskin sidesack held by a white belt over the shoulder and a green linen breadbag fixed on a linen or leather strap completed the equipment. White knee breeches [10] and black gaiters were now worn for parades but in the field they were covered with twill overalls. In September 1806, a greatcoat was to be provided for the infantry, but with the Campaign of 1806 starting on October 8 only the men in East Prussia and Silesia were supplied with them for the winter campaign of 1806-7. On the other hand, in the field, most of the officers wore a blue overcoat (as shown in the drawing below) worn over undress tunic and overalls. The regimental distinctions were very complicated. In addition to specific button and plume colors, each regiment was identified by the regimental colors at the collar, turnbacks and lapels. In the table below, we provide only the basic distinctive regimental colors, button, and plume or pompom colors, i.e. the essential color instructions for painting a wargame army. Both the Musketeer regiments and the Grenadier battalions" were numbered for the sake of convenience but named after their commanding officers: TABLE 1. MUSKETEER AND GRENADIER UNIFORM DETAILS Regiment Facing Color Buttons Plume/Pompom NO.31 KROPFF PINK YELLOW WHITE-YELLOW-PINK NO.32 FUERST HOHENLOHE CHAMOIS YELLOW RED-WHITE-BLUE-YELLOW NO.33 ALVENSLEBEN WHITE YELLOW WHITE-ORANGE-RED NO.34 PRINZ FERDINAND POPPY RED WHITE WHITE-BLUE-WHITE-RED NO.35 PRINZ HENRICH SULFUR YELLOW WHITE RED-WHITE-RED-WHITE NO.36 PUTTKAMER WHITE WHITE BLUE, WHITE CENTER NO.37 TSCHEPE CARMINE WHITE RED, WHITE CENTER NO.38 PELCHRZIM SCARLET YELLOW WHITE-ORANGE-WHITE NO.39 ZASTROW WHITE YELLOW WHITE NO.40 SCHIMONSKY DARK PINK WHITE WHITE WITH DARK PINK RING NO.41 LETTOW LIGHT CRIMSON YELLOW CRIMSON WITH WHITE RING NO.42 PLOTZ ORANGE YELLOW WHITE WITH ORANGE RING NO.43 STRACHWITZ ORANGE WHITE ORANGE, WHITE CENTER NO.44 HAGKEN CHAMOIS YELLOW BLACK, LIGHT BLUE CENTER NO.45 ZWEIFFEL LEMON YELLOW YELLOW RED-BLACK-YELLOW NO.46 THILE SCARLET YELLOW RED-YELLOW-BLACK NO.47 GRAWERT LEMON YELLOW YELLOW YELLOW, RED CENTER NO.48 KURFORST V. HESSEN POPPY RED WHITE BLUE-BLACK-ORANGE NO.49 MUFFLING WHITE WHITE ORANGE, BLUE CENTER NO.50 SANITZ LIGHT CRIMSON WHITE CRIMSON-RED-CRIMSON-RED NO.51 KAUFFBERG LEMON YELLOW WHITE BLUE-YELLOW CENTER NO.52 REINHART SCARLET WHITE WHITE-BLUE-RED NO.53 JUNG-LARISCH LIGHT YELLOW YELLOW WHITE, RED CENTER NO.54 NATZMER CHAMOIS WHITE CRIMSON, YELLOW CENTER NO.55 MANSTEIN CRIMSON YELLOW CRIMSON-YELLOW-WHITE NO.56 GRAF TAUENTZEIN SCARLET WHITE SCARLET NO.57 GREVENITZ DARK PINK YELLOW WHITE, DARK PINK CENTER NO.58 COURBIERE LIGHT YELLOW WHITE WHITE, LIGHT YELLOW CENTER NO.59 GRAF WARTENSLEBEN WHITE YELLOW WHITE, CRIMSON CENTER NO.60 CHLEBOWSKY LEMON YELLOW YELLOW WHITE, BLACK AND ORANGE MIXED CENTER Prussian Uniforms of the 1806 Campaign Part I: The Line Infantry Introduction 1. The Musketeer Regiments 2. The Fuslier Battalions 3. 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