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:
