| Abwehrschlacht | 02 Oct 2015 10:00 a.m. PST |
Hi, I am currently working on the 2nd Nassau Brigade for Waterloo in 6mm. I was wondering how many flag bearers each regiment should have? in the Brigade are: I/2nd (Nassau)
II/2nd (Nassau) Regiment
III/2nd (Nassau)
I/28th (Orange-Nassau)
II/28th (Orange-Nassau) I have two flags for each of my British regiments, would it be the same for the Nassau? |
| Marcel1809 | 02 Oct 2015 10:20 a.m. PST |
Rather just one flag per btn. It is highly doubtfull that the 28 Orange nassau effectiveluy carried a flag in battle. |
| MarbotsChasseurs | 02 Oct 2015 10:26 a.m. PST |
This is a great website. I am not sure if every single detail is correct, but overall a great source on the 100 Days Campaign. link Here is the flag from the first battalion of 1eme Regiment Duc de Nassau link Press on etat-major and you will see the flag I painted the Nassau regiment in Leval's German division and used this flag as well. Michael |
 Artilleryman  | 02 Oct 2015 10:42 a.m. PST |
As I understand it, the Nassau regiments from Nassau (i.e. the 1st and 2nd regiments in green) carried one colour each which was yellow with a wreathed lion in the centre. The colour-bearer was a grenadier NCO. The 28th Orange-Nassau, though recruited from Nassau were part of the Netherlands line. As mentioned, they, like the rest of the Netherlands infantry, probably did not have a colour during the 100 Days. If they had, it would probably be the white colour some illustrations show. (I have given my Orange-Nassau regiment the white colour.) |
| Abwehrschlacht | 02 Oct 2015 10:53 a.m. PST |
Cheers guys, I knew this was the right place to ask! |
| marshalGreg | 02 Oct 2015 11:30 a.m. PST |
@ Artilleryman
What would be some of the good sources to get an idea of what this white flag would look like or how best to approach google search?
Thanks
MG |
| Duc de Limbourg | 02 Oct 2015 11:41 a.m. PST |
two flags of jagers of 1815 (dutch text)
link
according to the text the flag of the 27th was orange, of the 36th white |
| Artilleryman | 02 Oct 2015 3:05 p.m. PST |
Have a look here at the last flags illustrated. The white one is the pattern for line infantry. link |
| Camcleod | 02 Oct 2015 7:05 p.m. PST |
As others have noted only one per Bn. Here is the actual flag of the 3rd bn. /2nd Nassau:
link I also suspect that the flags of the first two bns. had been shredded by their service in the Peninsular War and the bns. carried bare flagpoles at Waterloo. This is the reason the flag I linked to is attributed to the 3rd Bn. |
| Duc de Limbourg | 03 Oct 2015 5:12 a.m. PST |
the warflag "pattern" is phantasy. Simply because there was no pattern in 1815. Probably very simple selfmade flags were carried but no official one.
The last flag is of a company of voluntairs of the Leiden university (comp vrijwillige jager) |
| DrsRob | 06 Oct 2015 2:03 p.m. PST |
The 27th's flag was actually green, according to an old watercolour. It too belonged to a volunteer company: a company of civil servants attached to the battailon nr 27. In 1816 the standard bearers of the 2nd Nassau Light Infantry had the same rank and uniform as the 'adjudant-sub-officer'. Its likely that this was true in the Waterloo period too. |
| Glenn Pearce | 07 Oct 2015 12:04 p.m. PST |
Hello Abwehrschlacht! Another elusive subject. I think they would all have carried something. I simply used the flag linked by Camcleod for every battalion as it was a Nassau flag. It also allowed the Nassau units to stand out a little better from the other allied troops. I used Baccus Brunswick infantry for my 6mm Nassau battalions. Very similar look in 6mm. Best regards, Glenn |
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