Today, I have
painted the ground colours for the French and Austrian infantry flags.
Tomorrow, the details such as fleur de lys, scrolls, and crowns will be done. By
Tuesday, these and the cavalry standards will be mounted on their respective
elements.
Information is
scarce, but fortunately the French regiments used the same pattern and colour
from the 1670’s to the SYW. This is reconfirmed by the number of French flags
captured and recorded.
Likewise,
information about the Imperial and Allied regimental flags are also noted.
The first
photo are of French captured flags and the second is the famous painting of the
Condé receiving honours from Louis XIV after his victory at Seneffe. The
captured Allied flags are seen in the background.
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About the
allies, these included not only the Dutch of the United Provinces but the
subsidized troops from Brandenburg, Imperial Austria, the smaller German States
and the Spanish garrisons in Flemish territories.
2 opmerkingen:
Looking forward to the final results of your flag painting exercise. Great work, thus far.
Thank you for the kind word.
I have done many French and Austrian flags for the WSS and SYW era such that this seems like a memory relapse.
Despite that, the Imperial flags do show a progression in style from 1670 to 1700, to 1740 and finally 1757.
Cheers,
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