The Kürassier
This page lists all Kürassier (Heavy Cavalry) Regiments of Preußen, the Sachsen (Saxon) and Bayern (Bavarian) Schweres Riter. The Preußen Kürassier wore a dark blue Waffenrock for walking-out dress with the yellow-white Koller being worn for all other functions including field use. The collar, cuff, sleeves, seams, and piping on the front opening and rear skirt were piped in the regimental facing color. For Garde units both collar and cuffs were decorated with white or yellow Litzen, silver or gilt for officers. Shoulder straps were white and piped in the Regimental color. The Kürassier Koller border (Kollerborte) was white fabric edged in regimental facing colors, and ran the entire length of the front, collar, and cuffs. The Koller worn by the Sachsen (Saxon) Schweres Riter was light blue with large shoulder epaulettes similar to those worn by the Ulanen. Kürassier and Sachsen regiments wore a polished steel Kürassier helmet with gilt fittings, or a Tombak Kürassier helmet with silver fittings.

The Bayern (Bavarian) Schweres Riter did not wear a Koller or steel helmet, but were dressed in a light-blue Waffenrock with red collar and cuffs with a black leather Pickelhaube. The chart below lists the regiment and garrison, collar, cuff, and piping color, Kürassier Kollerborte color, shoulder strap piping with number or cypher, and details of the helmet Wappen (front plate). For color plates of all Shoulder strap cyphers and helmet Wappen etc, the links at the top of this page will open these color plates in a new window.
Preußen Kürassier.
Regt. der Gardes du Corps
(Potsdam) Garde-Korps 		Ponceau Red w/ White Litzen Ponceau Red Ponceau Red Silver Garde Star on Tombak helmet
For officers the star was silver and enamel. See Kürassier Plate 1
Garde-Kürassier-Regt.
(Berlin) Garde-Korps 		Kornblumblau (Cornflower Blue) w/ White Litzen Kornblumblau Kornblumblau Silver Garde Star on Tombak helmet
For officers the star was silver and enamel. See Kürassier Plate 1
Leib-Kürassier-Regt. Großer Kurfürst (Schlesisches) Nr.1
(Breslau) VI Armee Korps		 Black Black Black w/ Yellow Cypher Gilt Preußen old-pattern eagle with Bandeau on steel helmet
Gilt Bandeau "PRO GLORIA PATRIA". See Kürassier Plate 1
Kürassier-Regt. Königin (Pommersches) Nr.2
(Pasewalk) II Armee Korps		 Red Red Red w/ Yellow Cypher Gilt Line Eagle with Bandeau on steel helmet
Gilt Bandeau "Hohenfriedberg 4 Juni 1745". See Kürassier Plate 1
Kürassier-Regt. Graf Wrangel (Ostpreußisches) Nr.3
(Königsberg i.Pr.) I Armee Korps		 Light Blue Light Blue Light Blue Gilt Line Eagle on steel helmet
Kürassier-Regt. von Driesen (Westfälisches) Nr.4
(Münster) VII Armee Korps		 Ponceau Red Ponceau Red Ponceau Red Gilt Line Eagle on steel helmet
Kürassier-Regt. Herzog Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg (Westpreußisches) Nr.5
(Riesenburg; II Rosenburg; III Deutsch-Eylau) XX Armee Korps		 Pink Pink Pink Gilt Line Eagle on steel helmet
Kürassier-Regt. Kaiser Nikolas I. von Rußland (Brandenburgisches) Nr.6
(Brandenburg) III Armee Korps		 Russian Blue Russian Blue Russian Blue w/ Yellow Cypher Silver Line Eagle on Tombak helmet
Kürassier-Regt. von Seydlitz (4.Magdeburgisches) Nr.7
(I Quedlinburg; II - IV Halberstadt) IV Armee Korps		 Lemon Yellow Lemon Yellow Lemon Yellow Gilt Line Eagle on steel helmet
Kürassier-Regt. Graf Geßler (Rheinisches) Nr.8
(Deutz) IX Armee Korps		 Light Green Light Green Light Green w/ Yellow Cypher Gilt Line Eagle on steel helmet
Sachsen (Saxon) Schweres Riter..
Kgl.Sächs. Garde-Reiter-Regiment (1.Schweres Regiment)
(Dresden) XII Armee Korps		 Blue Blue Gilt Epaulettes w/ Cypher Silver Sachsen Wappen on Tombak helmet
Kgl.Sächs. Karabiner-Regiment (2.Schweres Regiment)
(Borna) XIX Armee Korps		 Black Black Tombak Epaulettes Silver Sachsen Wappen on Tombak helmet
Bayern (Bavarian) Schweres Riter..
Bayer. 1. Schweres Reiter-Regiment Prinz Kark von Bayern
(München) 1st Bayern Armee Korps		 Red None Blank Red Silver Bayern Wappen on a Pickelhaube
Bayer. 2. Schweres Reiter-Regiment Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este
(Landshut) 1st Bayern Armee Korps		 Red None Blank Red Gilt Bayern Wappen on a Pickelhaube