Savolaks Jagare Regemente…and more

Recruited in 1770 from the Savolaks region, a large area of marshy wilderness around the Kallvesi Lake that  ends the Russian frontier sharply to the east, the Savolaks Jägers were unusual in the Swedish Army. While organised as a formal unit they did not operate as a garrison regiment and were exempt from the allotment system. Instead in peacetime these men were farmers who lived their days farming and fishing, but taking part in mandatory military exercises for several weeks a year. They were crack shots and sworn enemies of the Russians. In the war of 1807-09 they were constantly engaged and developed a solid reputation. 

By all accounts the regiment comprised of eight companies, nominally in two battalions. While I have found one reference that has the battalions fighting together as complete battalions, two other orders of battle mention four units of two companies each and in others refer to only a single company. So I have decided to make four units each of two stands (representing two companies) but allowing four stands to form as a complete battalion. Here is the first of those units.

The uniform is a little more exciting than the previously presented Nylands Jägers in that they have a lighter grey uniform with green facings, piped white.

Speaking of the  Nylands Jägers, here is the second unit of that regiment that has been sitting on the basing tray for more than a week.

Also fresh of the basing tray is the Prussian Second Battalion, 15th Regiment for the Franco-Prussian War.