The Rheinbund contingent

The Waldeck contingent is composed of three infantry companies that take no part in the 1807 campaign.
In 1808 an single ad-hoc company is raised and sent to Metz in France to be reequipped and reorganized on French system...

...and amalgamated with the contingents of Lippe, Reuß and Schwarzburg to form the “battalion of Confederated Princes”. This battalion is posted to Peninsular theatre of operation from April 1809.
On April 2nd 1809 the Emperor decides the creation of the 6th Rheinbund Regiment and the Waldeck contingent become 7th, 8th and 9th company of this Regiment that takes part to the Austrian campaign. He is then posted in Spain from March 1810. The remaining strength of the disbanded battalion of Confederated Princes is absorbed in the other companies.
At the beginning of 1811 the regiment returns in Germany to takes part to the invasion of Russia. Its remnants are then posted to the garrison of Danzig during the campaign of Germany in 1813

Fusiliers

• White cloth coat closed to the waist. Dark blue collar. Dark blue shoulder straps. Dark blue lapels. Dark blue rounded cuffs or dark blue Swedish cuffs bearing two buttons. Dark blue turnbacks. Brass buttons.
  Lapels are often shown ending slightly above waist.
  Cuffs are sometimes shown with white flaps piped blue.
• Grey or white jersey breeches. Black short gaiters.
• In field dress, grey cloth trousers.
• Black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing a brass rhomboid plate stamped letters FW. Yellow cords and flounders. Yellow tufted wool pompon over national cockade. Brass chinscales and black leather peak.
• White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch bearing a brass eight pointed crowned star plate between letters FW. French type infantry sabre with single bar brass hilt and black leather scabbard with brass fittings, yellow sabre strap.

Grenadiers
Red fringed epaulet, plume, cords and flounders.

NCOs
Troopers dress with yellow or gold on dark blue backing rank laces :

Officers
Troopers dress with long tails. Gold thread rank epaulets. White leather shoulder belt and sabre or sword with gilded hilt and black leather scabbard with gilded fittings, gold sabre strap. Black felt cocked hat or shako with gold ornaments and lace.
In undress, dark blue single breasted coat piped white.

Drummers
Troopers dress with yellow lace on collar and cuffs. Dark blue swallow nests trimmed with yellow lace. Drum with brass shell and red counterhoops.

The deutsches Bund contingent

At the beginning of 1814 the principality has to raise new units. His contingent is combined with the one from Lippe in the Waldeck-Lippe regiment This regiment is composed of a line infantry battalion (three companies from Detmold, one from Schaumburg and two from Waldeck), a Landwehr battalion (two companies from Detmold, one from Waldeck and one mixed Schaumburg-Waldeck) and one voluntary jaegers company. It is formed in February 1814 and posted in the 5th German federal corps...

...but will not takes part in the campaign in France nor to the Hundred Days campaign.

Line units
Same dress as before.

Land forces

Landwehr
Dress unknown.

Voluntary jaegers

• Dark green double breasted coat closed by two rows of buttons. .light green collar. Light green cuffs bearing two buttons. Scarlet turnbacks. Brass buttons.
• Grey breeches and black short gaiters.
• Prussian shako.
• Prussian jaegers equipment.

Flags

Waldeck troops were never issued with a flag.