| raducci | 12 Nov 2009 4:01 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know which French SYW heavy cavalry wore white coats with red facings? |
| de Ligne | 12 Nov 2009 4:05 a.m. PST |
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| OldGrenadier at work | 12 Nov 2009 5:59 a.m. PST |
It appears the 21st – 25th Regiments of Horse. |
| Musketier | 12 Nov 2009 7:25 a.m. PST |
about half of them, at a rough guess |
| andygamer | 12 Nov 2009 10:04 a.m. PST |
And here's a better site for the Mouillard French uniform plates, de Ligne. (Although they are scanned on the dark side.)
link And the cavalry ones, specifically:
link
(Click on the plates multiple times to open the largest copies.) |
 timurilank  | 12 Nov 2009 3:37 p.m. PST |
Raducci…Cavalry regiment Conti (24th) is an anomaly, having a coat of iron-grey colour. Of the 41 squadrons in my French army, the coats are evenly divided between the colours of blue, white and red. Do not overlook the units of the King's family relations; they sported yellow coats. Cheers,
Robert
18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.com |
| seneffe | 12 Nov 2009 5:42 p.m. PST |
re the yellow coats- I think these refer to the Gardes of Stanislaus, Duke of Lorraine, the French King's father in law and former claimant of the Polish throne.
His small Gardes du Corps unit wore a yellow uniform at court, but wore a blue uniform very similar to the French line Regiment Royal-Pologne if they ever took to the field. |
| raducci | 12 Nov 2009 9:51 p.m. PST |
Would regiments such as those 22 (Conde) to 25 (Penthevre) have musicians in the King's livery?
And Thanks everyone , as always, for taking the time out to help. |
| Musketier | 14 Nov 2009 1:23 p.m. PST |
The Condé livery was buff faced red, with red velvet lace along the seams; that of Penthièvre, all-red coat or red faced blue, yellow or gold lace edged blue. Not sure about the sequence, as numbers came in after the Seven Years War. Ranked between the two above regiments, I have:
- Bourbon: buff lined red, white lace (Condé was a branch of that House, hence the similar livery)
- Clermont-Prince: buff faced crimson, silver lace edged crimson;Gudenus in 1735 illustrates a black trumpeter wearing this livery with a white turban and plume
- Conti: pale yellow (buff again?) faced blue, white lace with blue edging. |
| raducci | 14 Nov 2009 1:43 p.m. PST |
Thank you very much for your reply.
It is much appreciated. |
| Musketier | 15 Nov 2009 4:33 a.m. PST |
- Non c'è di che. French colonels' liveries liven up their grey-white masses no end! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of finished figures yet, but that black trumpeter for Clermont is a must; in 15mm I should be able to convert him from one of Old Glory's (erroneous) dragoon trumpeters wearing a cap… |
is back from Council of Five Nations.