Impoverished by years of war during the War of the Austrian Succession, Bavaria had to make severe cutbacks and the army was reorganised in the 1750s. The 4 cavalry regiments, 2 regiments of cuirassiers and 2 of dragoons, were very much below strength - at the beginning of the SYW there were 1190 men and only 270 horses all told. The cavalry took no part in the SYW.
Hohenzollern Dragoons, like the other regiments, had a theoretical strength of 9 companies with 38 men each, organised in 3 squadrons in wartime. Inhaber: GFM J. Fürst Von Hohenzollern. Commander: Freiherr Von Nagel. In garrison in Munich, then Scharding.
The colours of the shabraque are speculative but possible; they follow the same pattern as those of Preysing.
Sunday, 5 July 2009
Trooper of Bavarian Hohenzollern Dragoons
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Your latest works are up to your usual high standards (even the city plans - if you're having fun doing them that's reason enough to continue!).
ReplyDeleteThanks, FB. :-)
ReplyDeleteI like the *finished* result of the city plans - the getting there is pretty tedious and often rather mechanical, though, much less enjoyable than the templates. Fun? Possibly... ;-/
All the best,
David.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteyou did ask about surveive elements of the troops in WW II.
Yes, there are a lot surveifing elements. the museum Hamburger Geschichte has a collection of sables, weapons, two guns of the 18th century, the oilpainting of the grossneumarkt, prints incl. the dragoons and a collection of uniforms of the hamburger buergerwehr, but these are from the 19th century. All elements are not on display since many many years.
Thank you for the information; I'm pleased that so much survived the horror of WWII, even if it's sadly not on display these days.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
David.