The uniform of the corps was similar to other German jaeger units, wearing green coats with red facings. But there were significant differences in many details. First of all their turn-backs were green like the Brunswick jaegers'. Furthermore they wore buff breeches and leather gaitors. And all their leather was of natural light brown colour. Minor details were brass buttons and green cockades. Officers' rank was signified by a silver sash shot through with red and blue thread, a silver hat-band, and a silver shoulder strap on the right shoulder. NCOs had silver hat-bands with a red centre, and silver lace on the upper end of their cuffs. Privates had red hat-bands.
The jaegers were armed with short-barreled jaeger rifles of Hesse-Hanau production. These had walnut stocks and brass fittings, an eight sided barrel, and iron rammers with brass ends. The rifle slings were of red-brown leather.
|a jaeger rifle of Hesse-Hanau production (over-all length 1.11 m)|
Musicians were buglers. They wore the normal jaeger uniforms, adorned with silver/red/blue lace on the shoulders, so-called "swallows nests", and around the cuffs.
Unfortunately the Perry figures I used, do not show the right type of horn. It ought to be the "Sauerländer Halbmond" (Sauerland Half-moon), instead of a horn used in par force hunting which the illustrations of Hessen-Cassel jaegers of 1786 and 1789 show.
Another problem could easily be solved (at least to my taste): The Hessen-Hanau Jaegers wore leather gaiters which lasted throughout the war. There was no need to change legwear to overalls, which the existing Perry figures show. I just painted a dark line above the knees and added metal buttons to the gaiters.
|On picket duty|