"Prussian SYW Hussars" Topic
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| dantheman | 19 Feb 2016 7:11 p.m. PST |
I am painting my 28mm SYW army and am up to hussars now. The Prussians did not have flags but the figures have what looks like a standard bearer. Is it a guidion, lance, simple rallying banner, nonsense? I would hate to just get ride of it. What should I make it into? |
| de Ligne | 19 Feb 2016 9:37 p.m. PST |
I know this is a problem. In the end I just gave mine flags.
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Frederick  | 20 Feb 2016 6:28 a.m. PST |
It is true that Prussian SYW hussars did not carry colours but for those figs with a flag staff I did like de Ligne and gave them a flag |
| Fat Wally | 20 Feb 2016 10:36 a.m. PST |
I put mine on Generals command base vignettes presenting captured enemy flags. :-) |
| dantheman | 20 Feb 2016 2:13 p.m. PST |
Interesting. Thanks for the input. I do have enough figures without the staffs. I may convert them to aide de camps if hat makes sense. |
| Musketier | 20 Feb 2016 2:59 p.m. PST |
Yes, have them wave an urgent dispatch! |
| Camcleod | 20 Feb 2016 9:11 p.m. PST |
Only the 5th von Ruesch and 7th von Malachowski carried colours during the 7YW. Not Prussian colours but a number of French ones they had captured. See the Kronoskak article:
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| Jemima Fawr | 21 Feb 2016 5:03 a.m. PST |
They had flags until around 1740 or thereabouts (swallow-tailed guidons with 'vandycked' edging, like their shabraques), so they may well have carried them during Fred the Big's earlier campaigns during the War of Austrian Succession. I had the same problem – you buy a bag of 30x Old Glory 15s and you're stuck with two standard-bearers, so you either have to include them, convert them or make do with smaller units. |
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