Sunday 25 December 2022

A Happy Christmas and New Year to All, plus some flags: French Milices Royales de Caen 1706

I wish everyone who visits my blog and enjoys my flags a Happy Christmas and New Year. 😀 Lots more flags to come in 2023, I hope...


I did think of doing one of my fantasy flags, as I did last year, for my Christmas post but then thought I'd rather do some real flags if I am going to put in some effort - and these French flags do have a slightly Christmassy look about them with their red and white (and blue).

Charrié says that the Colonel's flag carried the arms of the Goyon de Matignon family; these come in several different flavours so I have chosen those of the right period for the flags, I think. No doubt someone will tell me if I have got it wrong!

14 comments:

  1. Merry Christmas, David! All of your flags have constant gifts to the hobby. Thank you!

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    1. Thank you, Roger. :-) More gifts on the way in the coming year, I hope!

      All the best of the Season,

      David.

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  2. Terrific flags, fascinating. It would be great to see some fantasy flags here too later.
    Alan Tradgardland

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    1. Thank you, Alan. :-) OK, I'll see what fantasy flags I can rustle up...

      All the best of the Season,

      David.

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  3. Merry Xmas to you and yours David and thanks for another informative and productive year on the flags front! Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all of us.

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    1. Thank you, Steve. :-) Good to hear that the flags are enjoyed and appreciated.

      All the best of the Season,

      David.

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  4. Merry Christmas, David! Thank you for a year of your wonderful flags. Good to see your efforts will not be flagging in the New Year. Ho Ho Ho!

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    1. Thank you, Jon. :-) Yes, I do indeed hope not to be flagging with the flagging in the New Year... ;-)

      All the best of the Season,

      David.

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  5. Merry Christmas David and thanks for all the wonderful flags.

    Willz.

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    1. Thank you, Willz. :-) Without seeing them with splendid troops like yours it would be only half the pleasure!

      All the best of the Season,

      David.

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    1. Thank you, Rob. Hope you are having a good Xmas and will have a good New Year.

      All the best of the Season,

      David.

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  7. As I started wargaming with a rule book (Charge! by Brig. PeterYoung) which had fictional armies and states I like generic flags, but if I’m painting a specific brigade then I would try to paint all the battalions present with their own colours.
    I would also paint a standard bearer with a fictional flag, sadly with little imagination☹️ .

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    1. Thank you for commenting. Charge! is a great book - and I have enjoyed for many years doing flag commissions for people's ImagiNation armies. The possibilities for fictional flags are almost endless! If you have pictures of your ImagiNation armies, I would love to see them, please. :-)

      All the best,

      David.

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