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by Rohan Wilmott » Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:51 am
Hello, Steve.
The following is taken from the excellent CD ROM "Uniforms & Flags of the Dutch Army and The Army of Liege 1685-1715" by Robert Hall, Iain Stanford & Yves Roumegoux that I obtained from the great blokes at On Military Matters.
RR Shack - (the proprietor has the wonderful name of Bogislaf Sigismund Schack) - by 1687 recorded as wearing Light Grey coat with dark blue linings. Senior officers wore red-brown coats. Earlier uniform had the trumpeters in red with white lace. Buttons - yellow. Horse furniture blue with white edge.
Van Steinbeck would appear to be RR Steinbock (proprietor 1691-8 while in UK = Erik Gustaaf, Graaf van Steinbock - later became RR Oostfriesland and fought in all the major low country campaigns) - during the time in UK, uniform reported as white coat with blue linings/cuffs. White metal buttons. Horse furniture is blue with white edge. Officers (?senior) may possibly have worn red coats - they did after 1702.
In the general notes it is recorded that officers were only recognised by the quality of coat & amount of lace. Sashes if worn were usually, though not always, orange. It is not clear to me if all officers wore the red coats, or only senior officers.
Hope this helps,
Cheers, Rohan.