Thursday 7 November 2024

Probable standards of the Danish Jyske Cavalry in the early 18th Century (after Sapherson)

Sapherson, in his volume on the Danish Army 1699-1715, describes and depicts two standards which are remarkably similar to the one shown in Höglund (see my last post), even down to the date 1706 and the motto on one of them. The detail is different, though, with gold work and fringes, and a red lined crown, which makes them look rather livelier than the Höglund standard. He suggests they are also Jyske regiment standards, which seems likely.



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: