At the outset of the project to refurbish and rebase the Seven Years War collection, a Swedish army was placed on my list to do. The campaign in Pomerania had much potential to bring to the wargame table with the terrain being best described as littoral, both sides made use of flotillas to support the defence of island strongpoints.
The miniatures
The Swedes
are cobbled from extra Old Glory 15mm Austrian and French figures and though
the cut of uniform is slightly different, one could reason French subsidies to the Swedish coffers may have included uniforms as “German” regiments in French service
were clothed in blue.
With a few exceptions, Swedish infantry wore uniformed identically with a blue coat, yellow breeches, waistcoat, cuffs and turnbacks with individual regiments being identifiable by the colours they carried (Kronoskaf.com) Flags are painted by hand and those for the general officers were intricate to do.
To the rear
of the infantry lines are two small battalions of grenadiers. Grenadier caps
were similar to the Prussian model, the Swedes used black oil skin covers to
avoid confusion as Prussians.
The cavalry form two regiments of horse, one of dragoons and a detachment of hussars and you will note, Swedish cavalry regiments sent to Pomerania were on average of 2-3 squadrons strong. In the photo are a battalion of light infantry, historically, these were formed from the best marksmen from each regiment serving in Pomerania.
Note: due
to the conditions in Swedish Pomerania and poor logistical support, many
regiments lost 25% of their numbers through sickness and this is reflected in the
smaller number of elements per battalion.
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