As with the previous Swabian Circle Infantry Regiment flags I posted, I have absolutely no information on the operational use of these troops in the War of the Spanish Succession and the little uniform information I have seems fairly confusing, so all I can offer here is this sheet of flags; they are attractive flags, anyway!
The Brandenburg Onolzbach battalion flag was captured by the French at Friedlingen in 1702, which is why we know its design. Oddly I cannot find it in the Triomphes Louis XIV MS which I have (as a PDF from a French official source), despite that MS recording some flags captured at Friedlingen. I suspect there may be two different versions of the Triomphes as I have seen for sale a version online that appears to have different flags. As so often in this subject, there are frequently more questions than answers!
Lovely flags once more David, shame about uniform information but i t does lead to a few options!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. The WSS is a period with so much less information than the WAS and SYWE, unfortunately. I suppose we are lucky to know what we do (and for flags that the French captured a fair number and preserved their images for us!).
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David.
Nice! Love the doubleheaded Eagle.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jon. Yes, you can always rely on doppeladlers to make a flag look good! ;-)
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David.
Thank you David for more beautiful flags.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) Hope you manage to find a use for them!
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David.
Excellent work but I'm not a fan of the kaleidoscopic designs as in the one on the top right. It induces a slightly dizzy feeling (to me at least), so maybe a -1 to hit for making an attack on the units;)?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. Yes, I know what you mean; when I'm feeling headachey I do find them a bit nauseating too! ;-0
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David.