Standards of the Danish 3rd Jyske Cavalry Regiment late 17th to early 18th Century

3rd Jyske Cavalry Regiment (Jutland)

First raised 1670 as 2nd Jyske Cavalry Regiment but split into 3rd and 4th 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 Great Britain and Holland 1701-1712. Served in the Great Northern War 1715-1716 in North Germany.

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 23rd May; 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.

As the PNG version of this file was so very large (8.6 MBs) I have chosen this time to upload a JPEG version. Closely examining the two side by side I cannot see that the JPEG loses much, if any, detail but is a very much smaller file at only around 2 MBs.

And this was probably the uniform in the WSS:

Standards of the Danish 1st Sjaellandske Cavalry Regiment late 17th to early 18th Century

First raised 1670. Divided into 1st and 2nd Sjaellendske Regiments in 1675.

Service:

Served in the Great Northern War; landing at Humlebaek 1700; Scanian Campaign 1709 and 1710; battle of Wismar 1711; battle of Gadebusch and sieges of Stade and Stralsund 1712. Sent to Zealand 1716.

Disbanded 1721.

The motto on the standard means: "Everything Has Its Time" (one of many mottoes carried by the various standards of this regiment).

And this was probably the uniform late 17th to early 18th century: