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pass off. On the front of the casque the guard wear the flying eagle ; the 

 infantry the escutcheon eagle, with the king's cypher, instead of which the 

 landwehr eagle has the landwehr cross. The guard corps have white or 

 black horse-tails on the helmets, and are distinguished further by white or 

 yellow lace on cuffs and collar. The light infantry of the guard have 

 black ; the rifles, red collar and cuffs ; the rest of the light infantry and 

 rifles the same, but without lace. The equipment consists of bayonet- 

 muskets, with percussion locks, rifles, and percussion-needle muskets ; for 

 the infantry, a short sabre, for the light infantry and rifles, a sword-bayonet, 

 with woollen tassels. The belts are white for the infantry of the line and 

 grenadiers ; for the light battalions, rifles, &c., black. The first regiment 

 of the guard has a peculiar uniform for great parades, which originated 

 from the uniform of Frederick the Great's time : pi. 9, upper fig. 4 shows 

 a non-commissioned officer of this regiment in parade uniform, which is 

 blue, and has red cuffs and collar, with white lace. The cap is white, with 

 red upper part, and silver shield, on which is wrought the star of the guard. 

 Fig. 5 is one of the guard riflemen {Neufchatel) ; fig. 6, a guard light 

 infantry man ; fig. 7, a grenadier of the guard, of the Emperor Francis regi- 

 ment (red shoulder-straps, with yellow) ; fig. 8, a grenadier of the Emperor 

 Alexander's regiment of the guard (white shoulder-straps, with red) ; fig. 9, 

 an officer of infantry; fig. 10, sergeant-major of infantry; fig. 11, mus- 

 keteer; fig. 12, drummer of infantry; fig. 13, officer of light infantry 

 division ; fig. 14, private of rifle division ; pi. 20, fig. 10, private of the 

 landwehr, in marching equipment. 



The cavalry contains one body-guard regiment (garde du corps), pi. 20, 

 fig. 1 : white frock-coats, with red trimmings ; collar and cuffs, with white 

 lace. Helmet of yellow metal, with white edges, and the silver star of the 

 guard. For parade yellow, at other times white or black cuirass, with 

 breast and back-piece ; German saddle, white belts ; red caparison, with the 

 guard star and white trimmings. One cuirassier regiment of the guard 

 {fig. 2) : white frock-coat, with sky-blue trimmings ; collar and cuffs, with 

 white lace ; helmet same as the body-guard, but, instead of the point, having 

 the Prussian eagle, in silver, standing ; caparison sky-blue, with the guard- 

 star, and red and white trimmings ; cuirass as the garde du corps. Ei^ht 

 cuirassier regiments {fig. 5) : white frock-coat, with black, crimson, sky- 

 blue, orange, pink, dark blue, yellow, and green trimmings ; collar and 

 cuffs ; white casques, with yellow plating and points ; white cuirass ; 

 caparison according to the color of the collar. One guard dragoon regi- 

 ment : deep blue frock-coat, with crimson collar and cuffs, and yellow lace ; 

 white helmet, with yellow plate and point, and the guard-star. Four dragoon 

 regiments {fig. 6) : same colored frock-coat, with red, black, pink, and 

 white facings ; black helmet, with yellow plate and point ; Hungarian 

 saddle ; white belts ; light blue caparison, with trimmings according to 

 color of the collar. One guard hussar regiment : dark blue pelisse and 

 dolman, with yellow lace ; hussar cap, with hair plume and wings ; buckled 

 sash ; red sabretache, with yellow cypher. Twelve hussar regiments, 

 with various colored pelisses and dolmans. The 1st and 2d body regi- 

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