Not By Appointment

Not By Appointment

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.)

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Saturday, 24 June 2023

The '45: Flag of Fraser Regiment commanded by Charles Fraser of Inverallochy

The regiment was raised in the Fraser lands in October 1745 after much "shilly shally stuff" (as Christopher Duffy calls it) by it...

Thursday, 22 June 2023

Rossbach French Flags Project: Flags of French Swiss Regiment Planta

Here is another missing regiment from my Rossbach project. First raised in 1677 as Regiment Stuppa. It subsequently had many name changes: S...

Thursday, 15 June 2023

Rossbach French Flags Project: Flags of French Swiss Regiment Reding

This is a stray set from my Rossbach French Flags Project. First raised for the French service in 1672 as De Salis-Zizers. Served in the War...

Saturday, 10 June 2023

The '45: Unidentified Jacobite flags (all with saltires)

There are quite a number of Jacobite flags whose regiments have not been identified. Here are a selection, all based on traditional Scottish...

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Flags of French German Regiment Royal Suedois (Lenck 1714-1734 and Appelgrehn 1734-1742)

The regiment was called Lenck from 1714-1734 then Appelgrehn 1734-1742; the earlier flags were carried by both. From 1760 the more elaborate...

Monday, 22 May 2023

The '45: Jacobite Flags of Ogilvy's Forfarshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, the Camerons and Gordon of Glenbucket's Regiment

Here are three more flags of the Jacobites in the '45. The history of the Ogilvy Regiment can be found in my previous post of the probab...

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

The '45: Jacobite Flag of the Manchester Regiment (and a possible Prince's standard)

The Jacobite Manchester Regiment: Raised in Lancashire and Manchester with a nucleus of officers from the Duke of Perth's Regiment, this...

Monday, 1 May 2023

Flags of the Piedmontese Guards in the 1740s

First raised in 1636 by Duke Charles Emmanuel II as the Regiment de la Garde or Regiment aux Gardes. From 1704 and through the reign of Char...

Saturday, 29 April 2023

Flags of Spanish Infantry Regiment Zamora 1728-1768

Descended from a tercio first raised April 1580. Very busy in the late 16th and through the 17th centuries. With the French army in the War ...

Wednesday, 19 April 2023

The '45: Jacobite Flag of Ogilvy's Forfarshire Regiment

This regiment was a relatively large unit, raised mostly in Angus by Lord David Ogilvy, heir to the House of Airlie. The regiment was up to ...

Friday, 7 April 2023

The Reichsarmee: Flags Of Palatinate Regiment Pfalz-Zweibrücken

Properly the Oberreinisches Kreisregiment Pfalz-Zweibrücken This was a Palatinate regiment of two battalions, consisting of 18 fusilier comp...

Thursday, 30 March 2023

And one further flag of Charles VI as carried by the army of Maria Theresa in the 1740s - now with Leibfahnen!

I have been asked in the comments by Der Alte Fritz for a speculative Leibfahne to go with this flag from the Triomphes Louis XV . So, here...

Sunday, 26 March 2023

Speculative Ordinairfahne of Hungarian Regiments Raised 1741-2

As I have not been able to post anything for two weeks and as it is my 68th birthday today, I thought I had better post something to keep th...

Sunday, 12 March 2023

And one further flag of Charles VI as carried by the army of Maria Theresa in the 1740s

Again from the Triomphes of Louis XV , here is another of the flags of Charles VI as carried by the army of Maria Theresa. Like the others I...

Friday, 10 March 2023

Flag of the Prussian Pioneer Regiment (later converted to a Fusilier Regiment as IR49)

For more on this regiment, see my previous post of the later flags of IR49 (below). I repeat below some of the information I posted there sh...

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Work in progress: New list of all the miscellaneous flags on the blog, added alongside the lists of French and Prussian flags in the top left column

The format of a blog is not helpful for finding previous posts and I have often been asked about creating flags that are in fact already on ...

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Standard of French Irish Regiment Fitz-James Cavalry

Most of the French cavalry standards are blue or red with gold embroidery so it is refreshing to find a yellow standard with silver; this is...

Saturday, 25 February 2023

Flags of French German Regiment Nassau

Originally of one battalion. Ranked 108th in 1753 but 110th in 1759. First raised by the Prince of Nassau-Saarbrück 1st November 1745. The P...

Sunday, 19 February 2023

The Reichsarmee: speculative flags of the Kurmainz Infantry Regiment

Disclaimer: As Kronoskaf points out, we have no information on the flags carried by this unit, so these flags are entirely speculative and v...

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Flags and uniform of Prussian Ex-Saxon Regiment IR 59

And here are the last flags of the ex-Saxon regiments. I'll be taking a break from Prussian flags for a while now! Formerly Saxon Regime...

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Flags and uniform of Prussian Ex-Saxon Regiment IR 58

The penultimate ex-Saxon Prussian regiment flags! Formerly Saxon Regiment Prinz Clemens Infantry, after the surrender at Pirna in October 17...

Sunday, 12 February 2023

Flags and uniform of Prussian Ex-Saxon Regiment IR 57

Formerly Saxon Regiment Prinz Xaver Infantry, after the surrender at Pirna in October 1756 this regiment became Prussian IR57, and was made ...

Saturday, 11 February 2023

Flags and uniform of Prussian Ex-Saxon Regiment IR 54

Formerly Saxon Regiment Prinz Gotha Infantry, after the surrender at Pirna in October 1756 this regiment became Prussian IR54 stationed in M...

Thursday, 9 February 2023

Flags and uniform of Prussian Ex-Saxon Regiment IR 53

Formerly Saxon Regiment Minckwitz Infantry, after the surrender at Pirna in October 1756 this regiment became Prussian IR53 stationed in Fra...

Sunday, 5 February 2023

Flags and uniform of French Regiment Nice

This was a regiment with an interesting flag but which did not do much in the Seven Years War, although it had a strong combat record in the...

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