The Infantry Battalion

Lippe contingents were amalgamated in a battalion of five companies, three of Detmold, one of Schaumburg and one mixed. Each company was composed of :

In 1808the battalion had to detach its 2nd (Detmold) and 5th (Schaumburg) companies to be sent in Spain as part of the so called “bataillon des Princes” (Princes battalion).
In 1809 the others companies were reorganised as second battalion of the new 5th Rheinbund-Regiment. As such it took part to the Tyrolean campaign in 1809 and to the Peninsular campaign between 1809 and 1811. The two companies detached in 1808 went back to their parent unit in 1810.
In 1812 the unit adopted the French organisation of one grenadier, one voltigeurs and four fusiliers companies and takes part to the Russian campaign. Its remnants were posted to the garrison of Danzig during the German campaign in 1813.

Fusiliers

• White coat with medium length tails. Dark green collar. White shoulder straps piped green. White pointed lapels piped green. Dark green cuffs with white flaps piped green (rectangular 3 buttons). Dark green turnbacks and vertical pockets simulated by a green piping. White metal buttons.
  The Schaumburg troopers wore the same dress with green pointed cuffs.
  From 1811, all fusiliers wore the same white habit-veste with the general arrangement of the Detmold companies. White horn patch on turnbacks.
• White vest with green collar and cuffs. White jersey breeches and black short gaiters. In field dress, grey cloth trousers with a dark green lace on seam.
• Black felt “Corsican hat”, a kind of top hat with upturned left brim. Green plume on left side over green and white cockade with white strap.
  From 1809, black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing a white metal rhomboid plate with the punched out cipher FL over a stamped horn. Green ball pompon over cockade with whit strap. In full dress, white cords and flounders. White metal chinscales and black leather peak.
  The Schaumburg troopers wore the same headgear save a white plume with red lower-half.
  From 1812 all fusiliers wore the same green ball pompon and a new white metal rhomboid plate stamped with the crowned Lippe rose.
• White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch. Infantry sabre with white sabre strap.

Grenadiers
Red fringed epaulets. In full dress, red plume, cords and flounders. Red sabre strap and grenade patch on turnbacks.
From 1812, white metal rhomboid plate stamped with a crowned grenade.

Voltigeurs
Green fringed epaulets. In full dress, Green plume, cords and flounders. Green ball pompon with yellow upper half.

NCOs
Troopers dress with green or silver on green backing rank chevrons above cuffs : Korporal Sergeant Feldwebel

For grenadiers sergeants, red plume with green lower half.

Officers
Troopers dress with long tails, all white ornaments becoming silver or silvered. Rank epaulets and chevrons on shako sides in silver thread. Black leather Russian boots. Gilded gorget bearing the Lippe rose in silver. Whitened leather bearing a gilded oval plate with silver horn..

Drummers
Troopers dress with white swallow nests trimmed with green lace. Drum with brass shell and counterhoops painted with alternate green and white triangles, white above.

Sappers
Grenadiers dress with sappers insignia (grenade over crossed axes) in red cloth on both arms. Black fur bearskin without plate or top patch with scarlet plume, cords and flounders. Whitened leather apron.
From 1812, black fur colback with green bag piped red and green pompon with red upper half.