Uniforms and Equipment of the Old Army - Cavalry - Hussar Regiments - 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11
The regiment's foundation day was December 5, 1813.
It was established on March 7, 1815 in Huy (Belgium).
The unit was formed by the incorporation of the Bergische Hussars.
The precursor formation was established after the occupation of the Grand Duchy of Berg on November 8, 1813. For this, the officers and men from the Hamm depot, the soldiers who had returned from Russia, and the soldiers of the former Bergisch lancer regiment who had been captured at Possendorf were used. On January 6, 1814 the formation process was completed and it was transferred to take part in the blockade of Mainz.
The last commander was Karl v. Moers.
The regiment's last peacetime garrison was Krefeld, previously Münster and later Düsseldorf.
The unit was disbanded on October 1, 1919.
The regiment's recruits came from Westphalia and the Rhineland.
The attila was green, its cords white.
The kolpak of the fur cap was red.
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