Nassau-Weilburg consisted of 2 battalions, each of 5 companies of 
musketeers and a company of grenadiers. The unit had 2 3 pounder cannon. The men came from 26 different contingents and Soubise rated the regiment in 1757 as "adequate". Figures in Pengel and Hurt Reichsarmee suggest that the total number of men in the regiment in 1757 was fewer than 900 but this may be a typo.. No doubt much to the regiment's pleasure it missed Rossbach, being on detached service at the time. One battalion was captured on 15.9.1759.2 possible variants of the uniform are shown, one with yellow buttons and red/white pompoms, one with white metal buttons and blue/white pompoms. It is not at all clear which is the more likely to be correct; perhaps, indeed, they represent differences between the 2 battalions and are therefore both correct.
Some of the more colorful uniforms are cool, but I like the simple blue and white combination of these (this?), too.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree, FB - simple and elegant it is. :-)
ReplyDelete(Simpler to draw too - yes, I've said it before, probably too often... ;-))
Thanks for commenting.
David.