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The principality of Lippe was formed from two states: Schaumburg-Lippe and Lippe-Detmold, which was under the rule of Princess Pauline from 1802 to 1820.
The
Lippe contingent made up the 1st battalion of the 5th Confederation Regiment,
which fought in Prussia during 1807, against the Tyroleon rebels in 1809
and in the ill-fated Russian campaign of 1812. They formed part of the
Danzig garrison in 1813, and defected to the Allies later that year.
Lippe also provided two companies to the Batallion of Princes, the multi-uniformed unit which served in Verdier's division in Spain from 1808 to 1810.
The
white uniforms of my model battalion are trimmed with green. The grenadiers
and voltiguers wear red and yellow/green plumes and epaulattes respectively.
I had no information on drummers' uniforms, so chose to paint a green
coat with white facings.
I
also had some difficulty with cockade colours. While all sources agree
that the two Lippe states had red/white and red/yellow cockades, they
conflict over which state had which!
Information about the pompoms on the shakos also proved elusive. I initially painted the pompoms with standard French company distinction colours (pink, blue, purple or green), but changed my mind when I saw a couple of illustrations of green pompoms.
The flag is based on the so-called
Danzig flag, which can be seen both on the Warflag 
website
and in Keith Over's book of Napoleonic flags. One side depicts the name
of the unit in a diamond outline, while a German motto in a diamond outline
is on the other. Both sides have small coats-or-arms in all four corners.
Like my Anhalt regiment, this unit consists of 25mm French infantry by the now-defunct company, Hotspur. These are too small to match my 28mm Front Rank figures, so I have since sold my Lippe regiment.
Main
sources:
www.grosser-generalstab.de/index.html
Funcken, L. & F., Arms and Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars, Wardlock Ltd., London, 1973.
Haythornthwaite, P.J., The Napoleonic Source Book, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1995.
Over, K., Standards and Flags of the Napoleonic Wars, Bivouac Books, London, 1976.
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