Saxon Jäger?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

would it be a 100% sure thing to say this is a saxon 13th Jäger?

Thanks

Chris

[The Prussian]

Hi Chris!

To me, yes!

Saxon Tshako, saxon cuffs, and a number 13. Why are you not sure for 100%?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Its not a field I know much about.... my first thought was "Hmmm... a guy with a chicken on his head!" :-)

[Dave Danner]

I thought the same thing, but wondered if there was some other unit like field police who wore Jäger shakos and also happened to be numbered "13".

Are the feathers a Saxon Jäger thing, like Italian Bersaglieri, or is that a personal choice to keep a chicken up there in case you get hungry?

[The Prussian]

No, a saxon chicken looks not like that. Here is the homepage of the saxon breeders...

http://www.sachsenhuhn.de/

Well, joke aside...

The saxons had a different kind of a tshako. It had a straight horizontal visor. The "chicken", in fact is a horsehair-tail, worn by saxon Jg.Btl.12 and 13 and Schützen-Rgt.108. These three units also had a posthorn upon their shoulder-straps.

BUT! What is that for nice photo? R25 and a horsehair-tail???

Well, that´s easy. The saxon Res.Jg.Btl.25 was set-up by the Ers.Abt./s.Jg.Btl.13. The other saxon reserve Jäger unit, Res.Jg.Btl. 26, was set-up by the Ers.Abt./s.Jg.Btl.12

The other photo is a photo of the 8th company/Schützen-Rgt. 108

Edited June 12, 2014 by The Prussian

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

Thanks,

that makes me a happy camper indeed :-)))

[15THPACAV]

Yes, it is Konigl. Sachsen 2. Jager-Batl, Nr.13. raised in 1809, garrison Dresden, in XII Armee Korps.

[Chip]

Here is a better look at one, in this case, a M15 version with steel Wappen and fittings.