The whole point of this historical excerpt was to inform you all about a project which I initiated about 4 Years ago. One which had to stall for an uncertain amount of time after the first orders and payments. In October 2015 I met with Steve Barber, my Friend and Sculptor to discuss the possibiliti...

The Regiments in Detail: It has to be said that of some of them no Colors(?) are know. For those who have Color Information's the colors stand for the Standards, Flags and Guidons (Fändel) like the Fields and Stripes or ornaments. On the Trumpets were the same colors. The Ornaments showed religious ...

With this posting I will give a short frame of the Saxon Army in the time from 1631 to 1635 The Commanding officers changed several times in this Period, most of them came from other protestant Countries like Brandenburg and Denmark or from Imperial Service. Cavalry End of 1631: 5 Regiments and 2 Co...

Nice find! Must be a recent digitization as I was there a few Years ago and such pictures where nowhere to be seen.
Dresden is still several Holidays worth to search and find never seen before pictures

Nice little buggers Ray:-) And very colorful too!

Personally I find it always a bit weird if one paints smaller Miniatures but keeps the Ration small also. No offense intended.

How to Begin... Once upon a time...Nope...bad start.. All Europeans are aware what the Thirty Years War brought to Europe, his People, his Countries and his Economy. War, destruction, ravaging Armies living from the Land, plundering, burning, raping and murdering and so on. It is a quite long list o...

Is there any real evidence of generals wearing uniforms in the late 17th century, and the War of the Grand Alliance in particular? I know there are a lot of portraits of generals wearing armour typical of early to mid century cuirassiers. But I'm wondering was this how they dressed on the battlefie...

Is there any evidence for drummers and officers uniforms? I know there's an artillery officer earlier in the thread but I mean other than that? Thanks in advance. It was common in the Saxon Army that Officers and Drummer wore the same Uniform as the common Soldier. Only that Officers wore a Sash ar...

Hey Chaps,

As I can't place a picture into a comment on the Blog I take the opportunity to do it here - THAT is how the "World" thinks about us

Splendid looking "Yellow's"!
Nothing else to expect from out gifted Chema

That is not entirely true. There have been "rifled" Firearms far earlier than the System Minie describes.
Minie presented his patent 1849 while the question about the Saxons carrying a rifled Musket refers to Minden 1759, so 90 Years before that.

If there is a jungle within Russian Uniforms for the 7YW Period... You might also try to find a solution from a third source https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-vinkhuijzen-collection-of-military-uniforms#/?tab=navigation&roots=24:c67e81c0-c556-012f-b223-58d385a7bc34 Its a GENERAL li...

Lovely Stuff! The poor fellows will catch frost bites...

I believe that this might be difficult. Even as Saxony boast one of the most complete Military Archive in Germany, dating back to the end of the TYW, Saxony was twice occupied by Prussia, stripped of all Battle Honors by Frederick, and ravaged several times by Wars, i.e., TYW, GNW, 7YW, NAPWA. Each ...

The Time of the 7YW saw Saxon Troops split up into to different Groups, payed and Equipped by their "Hosts". One Part served in the Army of Austria while the other Part was with the French. This said, the Saxons have been equipped in France so the "Rifled Muskets" may have been of French Origin. It ...