Standard 1758-1762:
The emblem is the famous perron or column of Liège.
Brief service history:
1757: With the Army of Saxony; Rossbach Campaign
1758: With Broglie's Army to July then with Soubise
1758: July 23rd Battle of Sandershausen; heavily engaged
1758: October 10th Battle of Lutterberg; not heavily engaged
1759: April 13th Battle of Bergen
1759: From June with the main army under Contades
1759: August 1st Battle of Minden
1760: September 7th Two companies of the regiment captured with their standards
From
then to the end of the war I cannot find any significant actions in
which the regiment was involved. The regiment was disbanded at the end
of the war.
And this was the uniform in 1758:
Image courtesy of NYPL: https://iiif-prod.nypl.org/index.php?id=1236204&t=v
Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) Some cavalry standards work quite well!
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Excellent flag! Now, I need to distribute it to my regiment of horse.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jon. :-) Look forward to seeing it with your troops...
DeleteAll the best,
David.