Sunday 12 March 2023

And one further flag of Charles VI as carried by the army of Maria Theresa in the 1740s

Again from the Triomphes of Louis XV, here is another of the flags of Charles VI as carried by the army of Maria Theresa. Like the others I have depicted it was captured by the French army and so we luckily have an illustration of it so we can recreate it.

I suspect from the heraldry that it may be of an Austrian Italian regiment but I would be happy to be corrected if someone knows better.

I am near the end of the Charles VI flags as depicted in the Triomphes, with only two more to recreate. Both are like this one, with complex heraldry, so as this one seems to have taken me forever to finish I have no idea when I shall be able to create them! As, however, I have seen very few of my previous Charles VI flags in action (a broad hint!) I see no urgency anyway... ;-)