These are the flags of Dutch Infantry Regiment Burmania; later Saxen-Eisenach. The first company flag was captured at the battle of Seneffe in 1674 (and recorded in the Triomphes MS) and the second is my very speculative Colonel's flag based on that company flag.
I was planning another Dutch flag set and Simon Miller asked for this one. It has been a very frustrating flag set to create; every so often there is a flag that is a complete pain to create, for various reasons, and this was one such! So glad it is completed now... Phew.
From Hall, Stanford and Roumegoux's book on the Dutch Army 1685-1715.:
Burmania 1674-1691; Saxen-Eisenach 1691-1713 (followed by the son of Johann Wilhelm II van Saxen-Eisenach)
First raised 1631/2
One battalion strong
Service:
1664 Battle of Dijlerschans
1674 Battle of Bentheim
1674 Battle of Seneffe
1689-1697 Possibly marine service
1703 Siege of Bonn
1706 Siege of Menin; 6 killed in action and 24 wounded
1709 Siege of Mons
And this was the uniform as shown in the Hall etc. book in 1678 (no later uniform is known):
Nice looking flag, any idea on the uniform? Dutch regiments tend to be so random, some in grey, some in white, some in blue. Any plans to do Bavarian flags?
ReplyDeleteThanks. I've added a plate of the uniform in 1678 as shown in the Hall etc. book. I have posted a few Bavarian flags previously and plan more but there are so many flags to do and so little time!
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Thank you, very informative with the unit info, I'm painting two Dutch units at the moment
DeleteGreat! please post pictures when complete! :-)
DeleteAll the best,
David.
They're a beautiful pair of flags, David. Just love 'em!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray! :-) I hope to see them in use; they were hard work to finish...
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David.
A very smart rendering. I have a version I made for Schwartsenberg/Schwartzenberg for 1674, the predecessor to Burmania, but not at all as nice as yours!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Adrian. :-) Did you do yours by hand or by computer?
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Superb looking flag David, well worth the effort, it's a cracker!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. Yes, it's good it did finally turn out so well. :-)
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Oh, by hand, and rather basic, much bigger flowers and stripes, no Friesland coat of arms, that was too fiddly to do! I have no idea how to do it by computer!
ReplyDeleteIt's very tricky painting actual flags at the small size they are - much easier in many ways on a computer screen! :-)
DeleteAll the best,
David.
A superb pair of flags—well worth all the extra effort you put into them.
ReplyDeleteAll the best, Andy
Thank you, Andy. :-) I hope the next set are not so much trouble, though. ;-)
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Even though a right pain for you to do, your efforts have really paid off as these do look superb:)!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) It's good to hear all the cursing eventually paid off! The computer does not know how close it was to being hurled out of the window... ;-)
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Fantastic flag! Thanks for making it (and all the others!) They are simply superb.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Sorry but your comment is marked Anonymous so I don't know who you are - but I do appreciate the compliment. :-)
DeleteCheers,
David.
It is astonishingly beautiful ! It was worth the pain, David. I'm longing for other Dutch flags of this era. Hall's choice of colours and design is not always what I want for my flags, even if it is a precious source of course.
ReplyDeleteThank you, GY! :-) I shall be doing more Dutch flags. As you say, the Hall etc. book is a wonderful source - but I have found that some liberties have been taken with some of the flags, adding to or deleting features of the source material like the Triomphes. I try to stick very faithfully to the original MS illustrations in my recreations.
DeleteAll the best,
David.