AUSTRIAN HUSSARS 1801-1815
In 1801 there were 12 regiments of hussars.
Hussars wore a short jacket called a ‘dolman’ and an over jacket trimmed with fur, called a ‘pelisse’. The pelisse was often worn slung over the left shoulder. A ‘barrel-sash’ was worn around the waist and the ensemble was finished off with tight breeches and boots. Both the dolman and pelisse were elaborately decorated with many rows of yellow and black cord loops. Hanging from the left was the ‘sabretache’ - a decorated pouch. Headgear was a shako in regimental colour.
Each regiment had different colour combinations of dolman, pelisse, breeches
and facing colour making them extremely colourful regiments!
To make things a little easier, on campaign it was common practice to
discard the sash and the pelisse, or to actually wear the latter as a
jacket. Baccus Austrian Hussars are sculpted in campaign dress!
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1)
Kaiser Franz |
2)
Erzherzhog Joseph |
3)
Erzherzhog Ferdinand Carl d'Este
|
4)
Von Vecsey/Hessen Homburg |
5)
Baron Ott |
6)
Blankenstein |
7)
Liechtenstein |
8)
Wurmser/Nauendorff |
9)
Erdody/Frimont |
10)Meszaros/Stipsicz |
11)
Szekler |
12)Palatinal
Regt |