As the Warburg 1760 French infantry flag texts are long and taking a lot of time to complete I am posting another Danish infantry flag of the late 17th and early 18th century to keep things ticking over on the blog.
Schack's Infantry Regiment: Formed 1677 as Billes Independent Company. Increased to one battalion in 1683 and a regiment in 1688. Garrison in Copenhagen (Christianshavn and the Citadel) and Kronborg 1701-1709. 13 companies strong.
Commanders: H. Schack 1688: J. B. Schwertzell or Schwärtzell 1701: Prins Karl von Hessen-Philipsthal 1704: D. E. Zepelin 1710
Served in the Scanian Campaign; battle of Gadebusch and siege of Tönning. 1714 incorporated in the Sjaellandske Regiment.
The flag was an old one turned in by the regiment in 1714.
And this was probably the uniform before 1712:
Nicely done David.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) That's the last for now but there will be more eventually...
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David.
Very nice flag and the orange is a nice facing/breeches colour lifts the gray coat.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) The colour of the facings is feuille morte, a hard to pin down colour as dead leaves vary so much! But that dark orangey yellow is one possibility.
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Very nice indeed:).
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) Still more Danish flags to do eventually...
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Very nice indeed!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. :-) I think most people doing Danish WSS or earlier armies now have a choice of decent flags to use...
DeleteAll the best,
David.