Prussian 2nd Corps, 1815

Variation in Uniform of former Reserve, Freikorps and Foreign Units


14th (3rd Pommeranian) Infanterie-Regiment

14th (3rd Pommeranian) Infanterie-Regiment

1st Btl., blue uniform with red collar, red shoulder straps and turnbacks, British knapsack.

2nd Btl., uniform of British manufacture, blue with red collar, red shoulder straps and turnbacks.

3rd Btl., blue Kollett with red facings, blue trousers, white crossbelts.


21st (4th Pommeranian) Infanterie-Regiment

21st (4th Pommeranian) Infanterie-Regiment

1st Btl., cylindrical (Portuguese) shako with brass badge and white over red plume, dark blue uniform with bright green facing and shoulder-rolls, dark blue trousers, black crossbelts and grey knapsacks.

2nd Btl., as 1st Battalion, but with red facings and shoulder-rolls.

3rd Btl., green uniform similar to that of the 95th Rifles, black facings and shoulder-rolls, black crossbelts and grey knapsacks.


22nd (1st Rhenish) Infanterie-Regiment

22nd (1st Rhenish) Infanterie-Regiment

1st Btl., grey uniform with yellow collar patches, grey trousers and black crossbelts.

2nd Btl., blue uniform with yellow collar patches, grey trousers and black crossbelts.

3rd Btl., dark grey uniform with yellow collar patches, grey trousers and black crossbelts.


23rd (2nd Rhenish) Infanterie-Regiment

23rd (2nd Rhenish) Infanterie-Regiment

1st Btl., light grey uniform with yellow collar patches, red shoulder straps and Prussian shakos.

2nd Btl., as 1st Battalion.

3rd Btl., as 1st Battalion, possibly with the black crossbelts normally worn in the 3rd Battalions.


25th (3rd Rhenish) Infanterie-Regiment

25th (3rd Rhenish) Infanterie-Regiment

1st Btl., formerly the infantry of Lützow’s Freischar. Black Litewka with red edging, black trousers and black crossbelts.

2nd Btl., as 1st Battalion.

3rd Btl., as 1st Battalion.


Other units in this corps wore the typical 1813–1815 campaign uniform.

Prussian Napoleonic Infantry, 1813–1815