Standards of the Danish 2nd Sjaellandske Cavalry Regiment late 17th to early 18th Century

These are probably the last Danish cavalry standards for the moment as I feel the need to go back to the mid-18th century; there are French Warburg flags crying out to be written up and posted!

Danish 2nd Sjællandske Cavalry Regiment

First raised 1670 but split into 1st and 2nd JyskeSjællandske Cavalry in 1675.

Strength 8 staff officers and 6 companies in 2 squadrons with a total strength of 440 officers and men.

In the service of Holland 1701-1713.

Service in the WSS:

1702: Siege and capture of Liège
1704: With Marlborough's Army; 13th August battle of Blenheim; sieges of Trarbach and Saarburg
1706: Distinguished service at the battle of Ramillies; sieges of Antwerp, Ostend, Menin, Ath, Dendermonde and Oudenarde
1708: 11th July battle of Oudenarde
1709: Siege of Tournai; 11th September battle of Malplaquet
1713: Returned to Denmark

These standards carry the cipher of King Christian V, who ruled Denmark 1670-1699. It is known that standards with his cipher were carried well into the reign of his successor Frederick IV.

And this was probably the uniform in the WSS: