Battalion and Company Distinctions
in the Russian Army Infantry
during the Napoleonic Era

Illustration 2: (156K)

By Sergey Popov,
artwork by Oleg Parkhaev
Translated from Zeughaus Magazine #7 by Craig Martelle


Above: Battalion and Company markings for Field and Garrison Infantry 1802 to 1809. Top Left - for a Two Battalion Regiment. Top Middle - 3 Bn Regt, and Top Right - 4 Bn Regt. Bottom Row, Left to Right: Unter-Officer, 1st Co, 2nd Co. 3rd Co. and 4th Co.

Left to Right, Top to Bottom:

    1. Musketeer, 3rd Battalion, Ryazhskiy Musketeer Regiment (1802-1803)
    2. Musketeer 2nd Battalion, Muromskiy Musketeer Regiment (1805-1807)
    3. Unter-Officer, 1st Battalion, 8th Jaeger Regiment (1802-1807)
    4. Grenadier 1st Battalion, St. Petersburg Grenadier Regiment (1802-1805)
    5. Grenadier 1st Battalion, Grenadiers and Musketeer Regiment (1809-1911)
    6. Unter Officer Musketeer Company, Infantry Regiment (1812-1814)
    7. Sword Knot, 3rd Grenadier Company (from 1811)

Battalion and Company Distinctions, Russian Army 1802-1814
Color Illustration 1 (106K)
Color Illustration 2 (156K)

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