Bataillon Leib-Grenadier-Garde

Großherzogtum Baden, 1806–1815

The Baden Leib-Grenadier-Garde Bataillon served as a ceremonial guard battalion at the archduke’s palace in Karlsruhe. In times of war, the unit was part of the Rheinbund contingent committed to the Confederation of the Rhine by the Archduchy of Baden. The battalion had five companies of 150 all ranks. During the 1812 campaign against Russia the Baden Leib Grenadier Garde battalion was nominally attached to the French Imperial Guard. The 15 mm figuras shown here are from an unidentified manufacturer. The officer in bicornio is a 15 mm figure by Jacobite Miniatures, now manufactured and distributed by Stronghold Miniatures. The grenadiers are mounted on 28.5 mm wide and 12.5 mm deep company stands compatible with Empire III grand tactical miniature rules published by Scott Bowden.

Dueño

Archduke Karl Friedrich I. von Baden, 1806–1811
Archduke Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Baden, 1811–1818

Guarnición

Karlsruhe

Organización

Bataillonssstab
1. Leib-Kompanie (150 all ranks)
2. Kompanie (150 all ranks)
3. Kompanie (150 all ranks)
4. Kompanie (150 all ranks)
5. Kompanie (150 all ranks)

Uniforme

Dark blue coat (Kollett from 1809) with 10 white buttons and buttonhole lace
Red collar with white lace edging
Red cuffs with white lace edging, dark blue cuff strap with 3 buttons
Red turnbacks

White trousers
Black gaiters
Black bearskin cap with white metal front, white cords, red within yellow cockade, and white plume with red tip
Officers wore silver sashes with red and yellow stripes, golden gorget, silver epaulettes, and bicornes with the red within yellow cockade

Historia de Campañas

Campaign against Prussian, Saxony, and Russia, 1806–1807
Asedio de Danzig, 10 Marzo to 17 Mayo 1807
Asedio de Kolberg (Pomerania), 26 Abril to 02 Julio 1807
Campaign against Austria in Voralberg and Tyrolia, 1809
Combate de Eriskirch, 1809
Combate de Eglofs, 1809
Combate de Wangen, 1809
Combate de Sonthofen, 1809
Invasion of Russia, 1812
Campaign against France, 1814
Batalla de Brienne, 01 Febrero 1814
Batalla de Arcis-sur-Aube, 20 and 21 Mayo 1814
Batalla de Montmartre, 30 Marzo 1814
Asedio de Strasbourg, 1815

Tradición

Badisches Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 109, I. Bataillon, 1902
14. (Badisches) Infanterie-Regiment, 1. und 2. Kompanie, 1921

The Baden Leib-Grenadier-Garde battalion makes a splendid appearance in its dark blue uniform with black bearskin caps.

Bibliografía

Knötel-Sieg: Handbuch der Uniformkunde, pp. 88-89
Funcken, L. & F.: Historische Uniformen, p. 259

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