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by Charles XII » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:45 am
Having done some research yesterday, I can tell you the following:
1. Forget what I wrote above.
2. There were, according to Hoffmann (Page 3 of "Die Armee des Blauen Königs"), two Regiments of Foot among others, one called Maffei and one called Mercy in 1702, so the units aren´ t identical.
3. The confusion about the names Maffei and Massei is not one of spelling but of reading (yes, sounds ridiculous, I know...). I assume that the basic sources, used for the research on the Bavarian Army, is from the 19th century, probably Staudingers book. Most german books of the 19th century were printed in Fraktur script, in which a small s and a small f would look nearly similar. Due to the bad printing technology of that days, today even a skilled person can hardly tell the differnce between the two letters.
Hope that helps, if there are still questions, just ask.
Please Note that there are more importent things in my life than wargaming. So please don´t be angry if it takes some days or weeks until I answer a post, even if I try to answer as fast as possible.