I haven't had a chance to work on the Anhalt Battalion, but I did find some more uniform references:
I found this on image on a French site called
Empire Histofig. My French (actually lack of it) is not good so I have not been able to check the sources but the site looks really good with virtually all of the participants of the Napoleonic Wars.
I now have some more information on the drummers of the unit and I am going to not use the figure I started on but will substitute it for a drummer that I have that has swallow nests on the shoulders. The diagram above also has from 1809 the coat with green shoulder straps piped pink, pink cuffs with green flaps (rectangular 3 buttons) and green turn backs piped pink bearing pink eight-pointed star patch, vertical pockets simulated by a pink piping. So, it looks like my French grenadier figures will work for the Peninsula. Anyway, here are the details in English from the site:
The contingents from the three duchies were amalgamated in a single battalion of five musketeers companies. Following the Prussian system, each company is composed of :
| 1 | Feldwebel |
| 2 | Sergeant |
| 1 | Fourier |
| 7 | Korporal |
| 2 | Tambours |
| 140 | Gemeine |
In 1809 the Anhalt battalion was posted as 1st battalion in the 5th Rheinbund-Regiment and adopted the French organisation of one grenadiers, one voltigeurs and four fusiliers companies. Each company was composed of :
| 1 | Kapitain |
| 1 | Premier-Lieutenant |
| 1 | Sekonde-Lieutenant |
| 1 | Feldwebel |
| 2 | Sergeant |
| 1 | Fourier |
| 10 | Korporal |
| 2 | Tambours |
| 1 | Zimmermann |
| 120 | Gemeine |
The battalion took part to the Tyrolean campaign in 1809, the Peninsular campaign between 1809 and 1811 and to the Russian campaign in 1812. Its remnants were posted to the garrison of Danzig during the German campaign in 1813.
Fusiliers
- Dark green single breasted coat closed by a row of eight buttons. Pink collar. Green shoulder straps. Pink piping on front of coat. Green Swedish cuffs piped pink bearing two buttons. Green turnbacks. White metal buttons.
From 1809, same coat with green shoulder straps piped pink, pink cuffs with green flaps (rectangular 3 buttons) and green turnbacks piped pink bearing pink eight-pointed star patch, vertical pockets simulated by a pink piping. - White vest with white collar and no cuffs. Grey jersey breeches. Black short gaiters.
In field dress, grey cloth trousers laced pink on seam. - Black felt shako with black leather top and base band, bearing a brass crowned shield plate stamped with Anhalt arms. Tufted wool pompon in company colour (red, green, blue, yellow and white from 1st to 5th) over green cockade. In full dress, white cords and flounders. Brass chinscales and black leather peak.
From 1809 white metal rhomboid plate stamped with the same crowned shield with Anhalt arms. Pink oval pompon. Other details as before. - Black leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch bearing the brass crowned shield plate. Infantry sabre with single bar brass hilt and black leather scabbard with brass fittings.
Grenadiers
Red fringed epaulets. In full dress, red plume, cords and flounders. Red sabre strap and pink grenade patch on turnbacks.
Voltigeurs
Green fringed epaulets. In full dress, Green plume, cords and flounders. Green sabre strap and pink horn patch on turnbacks.
NCOs
Troopers dress with pink or silver on pink backing rank laces :
| Korporal | 2 pink stripes on both arms |
| Sergeant | 1 silver on pink lace on arms
1 silver lace to shako top |
| Feldwebel | 2 silver on pink lace on arms
2 silver lace to shako top |
Officers
Troopers dress with silver thread rank epaulets. In full dress, white breeches and black leather Russian boots. Black felt cocked hat with black lace, green plume over green cockade with silver strap. Gilded gorget bearing the arms of Anhalt in silver. Black leather shoulder belt and sabre or sword with gilded hilt and black leather scabbard with gilded fittings, silver sabre strap.
From 1812, shako as troopers with black lace with silver oak leaves embroideries around top. Silver peak strengthening.
Drummers
Troopers dress with pink swallow nests trimmed with white lace. Drum with brass shell and pink counterhoops.
Sappers
Grenadiers dress with sappers insignia (red grenade over white crossed axes) on both arms. Black fur bearskin without plate or top patch with scarlet plume, cords and flounders. Black leather apron.
Wolf riders and and the giant wolves (wargs) attack the wood elves. That's Thorin on the right and Gandalf on the left.
The Eagles are coming! The Eagles are coming!
The mighty Wood Elf host. Gandalf is the overall general for the forces of good; that's Thanduril, the wood elf king on the left (how's that for trivia!)
The figures are 10mm and are the smallest scale I paint. I believe the key to painting 10mm figures is not to worry about individual units but to paint them so they look good as a unit. In other words, paint the unit not the figure.
The Dwarves of the Iron Hills. These guys are armored and tough.
The Goblin Guard moves through the ruins of Dale. These figures are Black Orks from the Warmaster fantasy line.
The Goblin King. The ruins and the sides of Lonely mountain came with the game and were my first attempts at painting terrain. Turned out pretty good I thought.
Goblins - not in focus but you get the idea.
Wargs with a goblin chieftan. The Forces of evil have the Goblin King, 2 Goblin chieftans and one Goblin Shaman (magician). Forces of Good have Gandalf, the Elf King, Dain Ironfoot, Bard and Thorin as leaders.
The Lakemen on one of the spurs of Lonely Mountain overlooking the dwarves. The men are probably the weakest forces in the game.
Wolf attack!
Goblins, goblins and more goblins. In the game, the goblin infantry shows up randomly. For this game they were very random.
The Gandalf command stand with Bilbo was a nice touch of modeling.
Thorin backing up the Elves.
Dain Ironfoot, general of the Dwarves.
Bard with what is left of an archer unit.
What the battle looks like if you are a Giant Eagle.
