Tuesday, 10 December 2024

Speculative Leibfahne of Austro-Hungarian regiments raised 1741-2 (but based on the surviving Leibfahne in the HGM)

I was reminded today by a request on the Seven Years War Wargaming Facebook page that I had not yet posted the long-promised speculative Leibfahne to go with my speculative version of the Ordinairfahne of Hungarian regiments raised 1741-2 (see below for a copy of the flag and text I posted on the 26th of March last year). So I hastily finished the almost complete flag and sent it to the requestee (R M Davies of the splendid Jemima Fawr Blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/ ). Here it is for anyone else who would like it, with a Madonna based on that of the surviving Leibfahne from the early 1740s in the HGM:

 

[This is my speculative version of the Ordinairfahne of Hungarian regiments raised 1741-2. All we know is that the base colour was red. No other design details are known but it is highly likely that the flags followed what we think of as the classic Austrian  flag design of the reign of Maria Theresa.

S. Summerfield in his Austrian Infantry of the Seven Years War (2nd Edition) lists the following six Hungarian regiments as having been raised in 1741: IR2 Erzherzog Karl; IR31 Haller; IR32 Forgách; IR33 Nicolaus Esterházy; IR37 Josef Esterházy; and IR52 Bethlen. So any (or all) of these could carry this red flag in the WAS.

I must also finish and post the 1741 version of the Leibfahne; I have not yet been able to complete the Madonna figure on the flag to my satisfaction...]



14 comments:

  1. Excellent work, David! Very tempted to reflag my Austrian army with these earlier flags.

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    1. Thank you, Jon! I'd be happy if you gave in to that temptation; I would really like to see those flags in action! :-) But I imagine it would be a fair amount of work though...

      All the best,

      David.

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  2. Lovely flag, the classic Austrian flag in red is really very nice.

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    1. Thank you, Donnie. :-) Creating the classic SYW Austria flags is also on my To Do list...

      All the best,

      David.

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  3. The red is sumptuous!
    Alan Tradgardland

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    1. Thank you, Alan. :-) Yes, red is good value on flags - taps nicely into that cultural and psychological impact red has for us all too!

      All the best,

      David.
      David.

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  4. Thank you David a wonderful pair of flags.

    Willz.

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    1. Thank you, Willz. :-) Double-headed eagles certainly have a certain something!

      All the best,

      David.

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  5. Excellent! Thank you! And as discussed, you really should do the Van Klompf version... ;)

    JF

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    1. Thank you! Yes, I will indeed at some point... :-)

      All the best,

      David.

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  6. Beautiful work, once again David.

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  7. Excellent stuff there David, with the Hungarian one being an absolute corker:)!

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    1. Thank you, Steve. :-) Yes, I do think the Austrian double-headed eagle flags give the Prussian eagles a real run for their money - a bit like the Austrians in the SYW, in fact! ;-)

      All the best,

      David.

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