The Jäger (Light Infantry) This chart lists all Jäger (Light Infantry) Battalions of the German empire in 1914 including the kingdom of Bayern (Bavaria). All Battalions wore a green to light-green Waffenrock with red-piped Swedish cuffs except for Sachsen (Saxony) who wore a dark green Waffenrock with Sachsen (Saxon) pattern cuffs. Piping for all Battalions on the front opening and rear skirt was red except for Bayern (Bavaria) who used green piping. For men in the Garde Battalions, collar and cuffs were decorated with yellow or white Litzen, gilt or silver for officers. All Battalions wore a leather Tschako. The chart below lists the Battalion with garrison, cuff details, shoulder strap color with number or cypher, and details of the helmet Wappen (front plate). For color plates of all shoulder strap cyphers, and helmet Wappen, the links at the top of this page will open these color plates in a new window.

Garde-Jäger-Batl. (Potsdam) Garde-Korps Red Swedish w/ Yellow Litzen Gilt Red Silver Garde Star For officers the star was Gilt and enamel Garde-Schützen-Batl. (Berlin) Garde-Korps Black French. Vertical Green Panel Piped in Red w/ Yellow Litzen Gilt Red Silver Garde Star For officers the star was Gilt and enamel. The Garde-Schützen-Batl. was the one of only two units in the German Confederation that carried French cuffs (the other was Garde-Maschinengewehr-Abteilung Nr.2.). Jäger-Batl.Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (Ostpreußisches) Nr.1 (Ortelsburg) XX Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow 1 Gilt 1st Pattern Grenadier Eagle Jäger-Batl.Fürst Bismarck (Pommersches) Nr.2 (Kulm) XVII Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow 2 Gilt 1st Pattern Grenadier Eagle Brandenburgisches Jäger-Batl.Nr.3 (Lübben) III Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow 3 Gilt Jäger Eagle Magdeburgisches Jäger-Batl.Nr.4 (Naumburg a.S.) IV Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow 4 Gilt Jäger Eagle Jäger-Batl.von Neumann (1.Schlesisches ) Nr.5 (Hirschberg) V Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow 5 Gilt 1st Pattern Grenadier Eagle 2. Schlesisches Jäger-Batl.Nr.6 (Öls) VI Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow Cypher Gilt 1st Pattern Grenadier Eagle Westfälisches Jäger-Batl.Nr.7 (Bückeburg) VII Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow 7 Gilt Jäger Eagle Rheinisches Jäger-Batl.Nr.8 (Schlettstadt) XV Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow 8 Gilt Jäger Eagle Lauenburgisches Jäger-Batl.Nr.9 (Ratzeburg) VIII Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow 9 Gilt Jäger Eagle Hannoversches Jäger-Batl.Nr.10 (Goslar) X Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow Cypher Gilt Jäger Eagle w/ Bandeau Gilt Bandeau " WATERLOO PENINSULA VENIA DEL POZO". See Wappen Plate 1 Yellow "GIBRALTAR" on blue cufftitle worn on right sleeve by all ranks Kurhessisches Jäger-Batl.Nr.11 (Marburg) XI Armee Korps Red Swedish Gilt Red w/ Yellow Cypher Gilt Jäger Eagle Kgl. Sächs. 1. Jäger-Batl.Nr.12 (Freiburg) XII Armee Korps Black Sachsen (Saxon) Pattern Silver See Details Below Gilt Sachsen Wappen on Silver Horn and Star Jäger-Batl.Nr.12 wore a dark green Waffenrock with black collar and cuffs and "squared" dark green straps w/ red piping w/ a red horn and 12 similar to Füsilier Regt. Nr.108. See Strap Plate 1 Kgl. Sächs. 2. Jäger-Batl.Nr.13 (Dresden) XII Armee Korps Black Sachsen (Saxon) Pattern Silver See Details Below Gilt Sachsen Wappen on Silver Horn and Star Jäger-Batl.Nr.13 wore a dark green Waffenrock with black collar and cuffs and "squared" dark green straps w/ red piping w/ a red 12 similar to Füsilier Regt. Nr.108. See Strap Plate 1 Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Jäger-Batl.Nr.14 (Colmar i.E.) XV Armee Korps Light Green Swedish w/ White Litzen Silver Light Green w/ Red piping w/ Red 14 Silver Mecklenburg Wappen on Gilt Star Bayern Army (Bavaria). Kgl. Bayer. 1. Jäger-Batl. König (Freising) I Bayerisches Armee Korps Light Green Swedish Gilt Light Green w/ Yellow 1 Gilt Bayern Wappen Kgl. Bayer. 2. Jäger-Batl. (Aschaffenburg) II Bayerisches Armee Korps Light Green Swedish Gilt Light Green w/ Yellow 2 Gilt Bayern Wappen