1. Sachsische Landwher": 16 February 1814.
(Landwher Ager).
Black hat, yellow loop with brass button, dark green plume. Grey coat (like a Prussian litewka) with red collar, cuffs and shoulder-straps; black trousers with white buttons on side-seams. Black gaiters and boots; white belts; tan hide knapsack with white straps and whitecovered, bottle-shaped canteen; black cartridge-box with oval plate. Appears to carry a musket rather than a rifle.
2."Sachsiche Infantry": 4 March 1814
(ex-v.Steindel Regt. in 2nd & 3rd Provisional Line Regts.?)
Black shako with no plate, brass scales (bosses set above lower leather band), yellow padded cockade/pom-pom with green centre. White shoulder-straps piped green, white buttons; white trousers; black gaiters and boots; sabre with black scabbard and brass tip; rifle with white metal fittings, light brown sling.
NOTE: FIGURES 1 AND 2 WEAR THE OLD UNIFORMS.
Saxons Uniforms 1813-1815
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