This battalion represents elite Austrian Hungarian grenadier companies formed into converged grenadier battalions during the tumultuous Revolutionary Wars - the desperate struggle to contain Revolutionary France before Napoleon's rise. Hungarian grenadiers were selected from the tallest and strongest men in their parent regiments, marked by distinctive bearskin caps and colourful Hungarian-influenced uniforms.
These battalions fought across the Rhineland, Netherlands, and Italy during the First and Second Coalition Wars. Hungarian grenadiers led assaults with particular determination, their elite status and regimental pride making them formidable shock troops.
Pack Contents
AB-RKK17 Hungarian grenadiers marching x 27 figures AB-RKK18a Hungarian Grenadier Officer x 2 figures AB-RKK19a Hungarian Grenadier drummer x 2 figures AB-RKK20a Hungarian Grenadier NCO with flag x 1 figures
