First raised 1688
Colonels:
Albert Ferdinand, Graaf van Berlo, Killed in Action Fleurus 1st July 1690
George Frederik, Prins von Waldeck Pyrmont und Culembourg Died November 1692
Daniel Wolf van Dopff From 1693
Guidon as depicted in the Triomphes Louis XIV:
Service [extracted from Hall, Stanford and Roumegoux]:
1690 Battle of Fleurus; Strength 534 officers and men; 124 killed and missing in action, 20 wounded in action, 98 prisoners of war
1706 Battle of Ramillies 4 squadrons strong
1708 Battle of Oudenarde 4 squadrons strong; 6 killed in action and 7 wounded in action
1709 Battle of Malplaquet
1712 Arras Raid
And these were probably the uniforms in 1689 and 1696 as described and depicted in Hall, Stanford and Roumegoux (by 1718 the uniform was red again but whether or not this was true as early as the WSS we do not know):
That’s a very classy guidon, David. The colors just look…rich…and the motto sets it off perfectly. It looks like something a guard unit would carry.
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Bill
Thank you, Bill. :-) Dragoons in this period often seem to be regarded as inferior troops but certainly this unit look the business! They were certainly very badly knocked about at Fleurus - which is probably why we know what the guidon looked like! Lucky for us if not for them...
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David.
I hate dragoons for some reasons, but your flags makes it worth it.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Good to hear the guidon is persuasive... :-)
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David.
Such a lovely guidon David, really nice and both uniforms are pretty decent too!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. I shall be happy if my flags persuade people to raise these units for the wargames table. :-)
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David.
Simple but another case of the classic gold on black just working so well. Excellent work as always David:)!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. As you say, black and gold together are usually a winner. :-)
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David.
Another cracker, I never painted this unit up, maybe now I'll have too?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. :-) Yes, of course you must! ;-)
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David.