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Bob,
I think you remember the Nassau troops under dutch reign in 1815 when thinking about a sash - these officers wore an orange sash, indeed.
But the Nassau troops of the "Rheinbund" era didn't have a sash, their officer's distinction had been a gorget similar to the french model.
The Knötel plate shows an officer of the 2nd regiment 1810 with this gorget:
https://uniformenportal.de/_data/i/upload/2018/12/09/20181209211230-77007938-xx.jpg
Greetings from Berlin
Markus Stein