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:
Lovely work as always and I'm really warming to these Danish standards:).
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) There will be mroe soon but I need to get back to French flags for a while as there is a backlog to write up! I still have a sneaky feeling that much of the work that goes into cavalry standards is a bit lost when the standards are printed at such small sizes... Few people use laser printing which, as we have discussed, would help!
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Crackin work, David!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. :-) There'll be Dutch flags sometime and many of them are pretty detailed and impressive...
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Oooooo!
Delete:-)
DeleteLovely standards and a very nice uniform too, really enjoying the Danish flags, very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) More Danish infantry flags as well as cavalry standards will be along sometime soon...
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Why does it have a '5' on it, if it's the 2nd regt?
ReplyDeleteAhh...I see. The King's Cypher....ignore my last question!
ReplyDeleteRighty ho; will do! Thanks for commenting anyway! :-)
DeleteCheers,
David.