Thursday, 7 November 2024

Standards of the Danish 1st Jyske Cavalry Regiment early 18th Century

First raised 1670  and then separated into 1st and 2nd Jyske Cuirassiers in 1675.

Served in the Great Northern War; in Scanian Campaigns 1709 and 1710. Fought in the battle of Gadebusch on 20th December 1712. It did not fight in the War of the Spanish Succession. This was the only Danish cavalry regiment to wear the full cuirass.

This is the standard depicted by Höglund in his The Great Northern War 1700-1721 Volume II with the date 1706 on it:



And this was probably the uniform in the early part of the 18th century (to 1711):


 

And this depicts them in full cuirass and helmet:


 

No comments:

Post a Comment

Saturday 6th June 2020 I've decided to allow comments from Anonymous Users but I'll still be moderating posts, as I'm sure the spam will probably flood in now! We'll see...