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Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:19 pm
by 18th Century Guy
I'm hoping Gunter has access to good images of them but if anyone knows of a site where I can get images for all of the Saxon cavalry in 1806 I would appreciate it. I'm looking for all regiments, even those who did not participate in the campaign. Thank you
Greg
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:19 pm
by Friedrich August I.
Greg,
How soon do you need this information?
Next month I get my hands on Hottenroths book about the Saxon Flags and Standards.
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:31 pm
by 18th Century Guy
Gunter,
I can wait. Thank you sir!
(if your source also has the infantry - all units - that would be great too!)
Greg
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:19 am
by Friedrich August I.
Greg,
It contains the Infantry too.
On a French website you'll find the infantry flags of the Saxons
from 1802 to 1813.
But be careful, the you must change the left picture against the right one
as the are all wrongsided.
The writing of the Monograms, the Electoral/Royal Cipher, was allways from left to right pointing TO the flagstaff.
http://www.drapeaux.org/Allemagne/Saxe/index.html
As soon as I have the Hottenroth book I give you more details.
Günter
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:07 am
by azeroth
Not sure if you have seen Alan Pendlebury's napflags site but there are a few there.
http://www.warflag.com/napflags/flaghtml/saxindx.htm
IanB
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:24 am
by Friedrich August I.
SAME PROBLEM !!!!
The Flags are
WRONG - Sided
The Cipher MUST be to the left of the Flagstaff, the Coat of Arms have to be on the Right side of the Flagstaff
Most flag reproduzing companies have copies of the writing of a russian officer who has portrait the Saxon flags captured 1812.
The problem with it is that the copies where wrongsided printed so all did ist wrong.
Hope that helps
Günter
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:44 am
by azeroth
My apologies Gunther, i didn't notice the mistakes in the flags just saw them.
IanB
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:50 am
by Friedrich August I.
azeroth wrote:My apologies Gunther, i didn't notice the mistakes in the flags just saw them.
IanB
No Reason to appologies IanB, it's not your fault
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 5:52 pm
by Friedrich August I.
Greg,
If you PM me your private e-mail adress I can send you a few pictures. I can't put it in here because of Copyrights.
It is the complete digitized book of Hottenroth about the Saxon flags from 1547 to 1904
Here a sample
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:34 pm
by 18th Century Guy
Gunter,
Did I send you a PM? I don't remember! But I'm also curious about the Chevau-leger. One source says the saddelcloth was in the facing color while another shows them as red for all the Chevau-leger. Any ideas? Thank you so much.
Re: Saxon cavalry flags for 1806 campaign
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 9:08 am
by Friedrich August I.
18th Century Guy wrote:Gunter,
Did I send you a PM? I don't remember! But I'm also curious about the Chevau-leger. One source says the saddelcloth was in the facing color while another shows them as red for all the Chevau-leger. Any ideas? Thank you so much.
Greg,
nope, no PM from you
The Chevau Legers or Light Dragoons - because of their heavy boots and heavy Sabers - had since a reformation in 1767 red saddlecloth a.k.a. Shabracks. There was one Regiment in this time that wore for a short period green coats but after 1769 they got also red cloth shabracks and coats.
- 143 Polenz Chevau Legers.jpg (47.3 KiB) Viewed 8478 times
The facing color were always used as border color on the Shabracks sometimes in double stripes later as a zigzag.
Hope that helps
Günter