Being a uniform and flag design service to wargamers and to the imaginary crowned heads of 17th and 18th Century Europe, especially of the Seven Years War period - now By Appointment to the Court of Saxe-Bearstein! (But please note that the uniforms and flags presented here are not fictional - they are genuine 17th and 18th Century uniforms and flags that are as authentic as I can make them from my sources.)
Captain John Stevens' Journal reports on the Earl of Antrim's Regiment in June 1690 (and describes the flag as I have depicted here):
13 companies, each of 50 men to a total of 650 private soldiers.
Uniform was white lined red.
The regiment seems to have disappeared from the Jacobite army lists after the battle of the Boyne.
This design seems to have formed the basis for the subsequent designs of French Irish regimental flags to 1791.
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David Morfitt
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Monday, March 24, 2025
More lovely Jacobite flags Davie, both rather nice.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. I seem to have fallen down a Jacobite flag rabbit hole while doing Dutch flags but it is a fairly enjoyable rabbit hole... ;-)
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Now that is rather different, but I can't help but think of a Terry Gilliam cartoon from 'The Life of Brian' etc when I see the hand of God from behind the cloud!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve. :-) Yes, there is something of Terry Gilliam's animations in this, I agree...
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Fantastic flags.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) Perhaps I should have saved these Jacobite flags until a bit later as the next few are not so exciting...
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Outstanding work, David! Would some of these flags have been carried in the '15 and the '45?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jon. :-) Sadly, it seems that they were not carried in the '15 or '45, although some of the '15's flags were, I believe, carried in the '45.
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Crackin work David.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. :-) There are a few more Jacobite flag sets to come yet but I must get back to the Dutch flags soon too...
DeleteAll the best,
David.