Swedish Troops Assaulting the Town Gate of Leipzig, October 19, 1813 by Alexander Wetterling (1796-1858):
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The Battle of Dennewitz, September 6, 1813 (Alexander Wetterling)
Text below from Rawkins:
"GENERAL OFFICERS AND STAFF
The general officers wore a plain bicorn hat, with the edges trimmed with a wide band of black silk and the front face decorated with a large double bow cockade of gold lace, held in place with a narrow gold lace cockade-strap with gilt buttons. The visible hat tightener tips were gold with small tassels and yellow feather plume with pale blue tip was worn above the cockade.
The coat was dark blue and single breasted with a row of ten gilded buttons closing the breast. The coat had long tails with double turnbacks of the coat colour and the deep fall collar was dark blue trimmed at the leading and bottom edges with gold fluted embroidery, one band for major-generals, two for lieutenantgenerals and three for a general of the army. The cuffs were square cut with a squared cuff-flap and were trimmed with the same gold lace as the collar. Epaulettes with a heavy gold bullion fringe were worn on both shoulders. Breeches were buff and worn with high cuffed riding boots with gilded spurs.
The general officer's infantry style waist-belt was sheathed with gold embroidery and fastened with a large gilded rectangular buckle plate embossed with the royal arms picked out in coloured enamel. The cavalry style curved sabre was suspended from gold leather slings and had a gilded hilt and scabbard and a gold silk sabre strap.
The horse furniture was of the heavy cavalry pattern with squared front and rear corners; it was light blue and decorated with the same lace border indicating rank as on the collar and cuffs as were the two cover flaps for the pistol holster covers. The royal arms was embroidered in the rear corner in gold and true coloured silk.
A modern reference has also been found to a different uniform consisting of a dark grey frock coat, double breasted with two rows of gilt buttons and scarlet collar, cuffs and lining piped with gild and worn with grey breeches and Hungarian style boots. The author has been unable to confirm this description with any contemporary source. This uniform does closely resemble the old fashioned frock coat depicted as worn by General Georg Carl von Dobeln in several contemporary black and white engravings and so it is possible that this is one of those uniformology myths that has grown out of colour being added to an old poetic source.
The Swedish army at the beginning of the 19th Century did not apparently support an official uniform for staff officers and adjutants, these officers being drawn from the regular regiments and would often have worn their own uniforms, with a bicorn hat and perhaps silver aiguillettes at the right shoulder. A group of officer accompanying a general in an old engraving appear to be wearing plain bicorn hats with the usual officer's cockade and a single breasted plain ‘surtout' style coat probably of dark blue with plain coat colour collar, cuffs and turnbacks and aiguillettes worn at the right shoulder. The plainness of the uniform suggests that these might be staff officer in undress uniform."
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