As part of the "Revolutionary Wars Austrian Army" project, I need some skirmishers and light infantry. The Austrian army didn't really get on board with the light infantry concept so this role was assigned to the Jaegers & Frei-corps from 1792-98.
For BBB I need some skirmisher bases, so here are Jaegers in Kasket and Lutticher Freiwillige-Corps - both suitable for 1792-98, when the Kasket was replaced by the Raupenhelm (crested helmet) and the Frei-corps were mainly disbanded.
I used WJ Rawkins e-book for the Jaeger uniform details and the "History & Uniforms" web magazine No.9 for the Frei-corps uniform - see below.
The troops are Baccus 6mm AWL02 Loyalist skirmishers from the AWI - a nice range of troops - some of which are in Kaskets! Based on 1" square mdf suitable for BBB rules. The Frei-corps got plumes (re-cycled bayonets) which add a splash of colour to an otherwise dull uniform.
The soldiers with a white edge to the front of their Kaskets are NCOs.
The models:
Uniform reference for the Frei-corps (see source above):
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