First raised 22nd March 1702, probably by Louis Anthoine de Brancas, Comte de Maubec
Although this was not an especially distinguished regiment in its fighting record, this is an interesting and unique flag design, using the coat of arms of Brancas. As Hall says of this flag, "While colonels often used colours or elements of their arms on their flags at this period, it is surprising to find such a blatant use of the exact coat of arms on a flag."
1702 Initially Army of Flanders
1706 To the Moselle
1709 13th July given to Marie-Joseph de Brancas, Marquis d'Oyse.
1711 7th September given to N. de Labadie, who led it to Roussillon
1714 Siege of Barcelona
1715 Disbanded
Uniform: Probably grey coat, waistcoat and breeches with red cuffs.
That is a very nice looking set of flags.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. Yes, it is pretty unusual, isn't it? :-)
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David.
Another lovely flag David, makes up for the rather plain uniform, a short an rather inglorious history too!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) For me it was a win-win as the write up was short but the flags unusual and impressive. ;-)
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David.
Very unusual but brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. The French of that period had many rather unusual and impressive flags, most of which disappeared when the units were disbanded, sadly. But at least I can revive them! :-)
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David.
An amusing pun in there somewhere! ;-) Kidding aside, a lovely couple of flags, David. Almost make me want to order some SYW French infantry to paint a "what if" version of the the regiment simply to have an excuse to use the flags. Another dangerous butterfly and rabbit hole, eh?
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Stokes
Thank you, Stokes. Well, it's not the main aim of my blog, obviously, but certainly tempting people to do new and different regiments for their armies (or new armies!) has to be a subordinate goal! :-)
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David.
Something rather different, but very nice, and very suitable for the World arm wrestling championships I'm sure;)!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. Yes, indeed, a good way of looking at it! (And the World Armwrestling Championships do exist...) :-)
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David.